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Beschorner, Beth; Hall, Anna H. – Reading Teacher, 2018
When students write informational text, they have the opportunity to engage with meaningful topics, become curious about the world, learn domain-specific knowledge, and use academic vocabulary. Given the possibilities for learning through writing informational text, it is important for teachers to reflect on and improve their informational writing…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods, Writing Strategies
Brown, Sally; Allmond, Alexandra – Reading Teacher, 2021
Composing is an essential part of literacy development in early childhood classrooms, and writing experiences are continually changing through advances in technology. Writing in a new language can be particularly challenging for emergent bilinguals as they navigate learning how to spell in English as part of the writing process. New pedagogical…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Computer Software
Fantozzi, Victoria B.; Johnson, Christi; Scherfen, Anneliese – Reading Teacher, 2018
Every day, we are surrounded by stories in print, on social media, in blogs, on the radio, and in stories from our friends and family. The ways people make meaning and communicate are increasingly multimodal and digital; yet, the preschool classroom, for all its multimodal learning, is sometimes devoid of technology. In this action research…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Preschool Education, Educational Technology, Action Research
Young, Chase; Stover, Katie – Reading Teacher, 2014
The authors describe a strategy that empowers students to edit and revise their own writing. Students input their writing in to text-to-speech software that rereads the text aloud. While listening, students make necessary revisions and edits.
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Editing, Revision (Written Composition)
Dalton, Bridget; Grisham, Dana L. – Reading Teacher, 2013
Composing with different modes--image, sound, video and the written word--to respond to and analyze literary and informational text helps students develop as readers and digital communicators. This article showcases five multimodal strategies for engaging children in rich literature-based learning using digital tools and Internet resources.
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Learning Modalities, Language Arts, Educational Technology
Brown, Sally – Reading Teacher, 2013
This article documents the experiences of a diverse group of second grade students during a nine week unit of study focused on graphic stories. The project begins as the class is immersed in reading graphic stories designed for young readers. Images, written text, and dialog are utilized to scaffold reading comprehension and to practice fluency.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Reading Instruction, Cartoons
Flynt, E. Sutton; Brozo, William – Reading Teacher, 2010
Since students are continually influenced by the visual culture surrounding them, content teachers should take steps to capitalize on the potential of instructional and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance their effectiveness. The article discusses the importance of integrating visual literacy and identifies the teaching environment needed…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Literacy, Reading Teachers, Educational Environment
Dalton, Bridget; Grisham, Dana L. – Reading Teacher, 2011
Vocabulary knowledge is key to comprehension and expression. For students in the intermediate grades, the need for breadth and depth of vocabulary accelerates as they encounter more challenging academic texts in print and on the Internet. Drawing on research-based principles of vocabulary instruction and multimedia learning, this article presents…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Learning Strategies, Intermediate Grades
Zawilinski, Lisa – Reading Teacher, 2009
This article describes instructional practices with blogs in elementary classrooms. Schools need to prepare students for the new literacies required when reading on the Internet; blogging is an easy way to begin. A theoretical rationale for blogging with elementary students is provided. Learning from the examples of successful blogs by elementary…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Reading Instruction
Morgan, Brian; Smith, Richard D. – Reading Teacher, 2008
Wikis can be a very useful addition to any classroom. They are engaging to students, easy to use, and focus on literacy whenever students genuinely interact with them. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia (www.wikipedia.org), is the most famous example of a wiki. But today, teachers and students are beginning to engage with this technology more and…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Computer Uses in Education, Access to Information, Educational Technology
Barone, Diane; Wright, Todd E. – Reading Teacher, 2008
The importance of digital and media literacies to literacy instruction and learning for today's elementary students is shared in this article. A student's routine literacy activities are documented to provide a view into how digital and media literacies are woven into a fourth-grade classroom. This example brings the use of technology as a tool to…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary School Students
McVicker, Claudia J. – Reading Teacher, 2007
Teachers can use comics for reading instruction by capitalizing on their colorful graphic representation. Technology and reading are wed during the use of the Internet, and readers must rely on their visual literacy skills--a group of vision competencies people can hone for comprehension. This article reports on strategies for developing visual…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Cartoons, Text Structure, Reading Skills

Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – Reading Teacher, 2002
Offers a strong rationale for the idea that the journey of writing good poetry begins on a path that infuses technology into the first stage of the writing process. Presents several ideas of ways to incorporate technology into the prewriting poetry experience. Concludes that by making technology an ingredient, the true potential for synergy…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Instructional Improvement, Internet, Poetry

Wilcox, Bonita L.; Bauschard, Stefan; Osterhus, John – Reading Teacher, 1998
Discusses four books that help teachers learn about technology and use it in their classrooms: "A Teacher's Guide to the Information Highway" (W. Wresch); "Teaching with the Internet: Lessons from the Classroom" (Donald Leu and Deborah Leu); Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching" (M. Roblyer, Jack Edwards, and Mary Ann Havriluk);…
Descriptors: Books, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Technology

Miller, Larry – Reading Teacher, 1989
Argues that an understanding of how children acquire reading and writing processes should be the prime basis for making decisions about new information technology. Notes that technology can be selected that is consonant with one's understanding of teaching and learning. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Literacy Education
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