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  • Feb 14, 13

    This is giving example of how technology is enhancing.

    www.ncrel.org/...li300.htm

    • ISSUE: Educational    technology is nudging literacy instruction beyond its oral and print-based tradition    to embrace online and electronic texts as well as multimedia. Computers are    creating new opportunities for writing and collaborating. The Internet is constructing    global bridges for students to communicate, underscoring the need for rock-solid    reading and writing skills. By changing the way that information is absorbed,    processed, and used, technology is influencing how people read, write, listen,    and communicate

  • Feb 14, 13

    www.ascd.org/...ology-to-Improve-Literacy.aspx

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      Technology is changing literacy, claim Web 2.0 advocates, university researchers, edgy librarians, pundits of the blogosphere, and the media. The visual is ascendant, text is secondary—and linearity? Forget about it. Web surfers flip from one information wave to another, gathering and synthesizing. Beginning, middle, and end are up for grabs

    • Despite the lack of data showing that technology has a tremendous effect in the classroom, teachers have found that using technology may help address students' specific learning needs. Charles MacArthur, a special education professor at the University of Delaware, explains that students who have learning disabilities, including dyslexia, typically need help with transcription processes to produce text, spell, and punctuate correctly. However, any students having trouble with writing fluency can benefit from teachers integrating technology into the classroom. And sometimes tried-and-true technology works the best.

  • Feb 15, 13

    www.theglobeandmail.com/...article4304193

    • Little or no grammar teaching, cell phone texting, social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, are all being blamed for an increasingly unacceptable number of post-secondary students who can't write.

  • Feb 15, 13

    municate with one another. These technologies provide new and innovative ways for people to communicate -- text messaging, email, chat and social networks. They allow faster and more efficient communication and can help build relationships. However, modern technologies can also have negative effects such as limiting personal contact and straining relationships. The nature of the effect depends in large part on the type of relationship.

    www.ehow.com/-technology-relationships.html

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