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Adolescent Literacy In Perspective, April 2006, Literacy, Popular Culture, and Technology
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

The April 2006 issue of AdLIT's In Perspective focuses on literacy, popular culture, and technology. The entire issue can be downloaded, and regular columns include the following: (1) featured article; (2) classroom vignettes; (3) student voices; (4) a look at the Ohio Graduation Test; (5) for your bookshelf; and (6) resources from the ORC collection. In this month's featured article, "Wired Students, Disconnected Learners," David L. Bruce explores some of the misunderstandings that can occur when students engage in technology use. The "In Perspective" columns that follow include insights about and strategies for teaching literacy, popular culture, and technology. "A Look at the OGT" focuses on using NAEP items to help students achieve the benchmarks, and "For Your Bookshelf" provides reviews of books by Sara B. Kajder, Ernest Morrell, and Will Richardson. (author/ebm)

RESOURCE TYPE
Professional Resource
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 6–Postsecondary
TOPICS
English Language Arts
OHIOWINS PROFESSIONAL TOPICS
Technology;
Writing to Learn
FOUND IN
KEYWORDS
multi-media;
Technology;
technology in literacy instruction;
integration;
assessment;
computers;
Ohio Graduation Test
Publisher: Ohio Resource Center
Author: David L. Bruce, Marge Ford, Mary Crabtree, Lynette Romito, Carol Brown Dodson, Sheila Cantlebary, Nicole Luthy