Contents
Editor’s Comments………………………………………………………………………………............7
Kathryn Pole
Assistant Editor’s Comments……………………………………………………………….………….8
Keisha Panagos
The Intersection of Literacy & Technology
The Impact of Vocabulary Strategies on Science Lessons in Third Grade……….…9
David Brown
Improving Writing Instruction: 10 Activities to Enhance Teacher’s
Effectiveness at Teaching Writing….………………………………………….……….…….…….17
Carolyn L. Carlson, Donita Massengill Shaw, & Cindy E. Heider
How We Dove into the Online Ocean: Using Blogs in an English Classroom…….25
Keri Franklin & Barb James
Effectiveness of a web-enhanced young adult literature class using online
tools and eight-week face-to-face contact with students………………………………..31
Dianne Koehnecke
Teaching Reading Strategies to Secondary School Students…………………………….35
Judith L Miesner
From the Page to the Screen: Literacy in the 21st Century………………………………43
Keisha Panagos & Jennifer Stutzman
Generating Interest and Engagement in Adolescent Readers………………………….49
Kathleen B. Scales, Kelli M. Akers, Lisa M. Stout
Bridging the Gap: Second Life and the Online Learner………………………………….…57
David M. Taylor
Poetry & Humor
Techno Teacher………………………………………………………………………………………………60
Tammy Clardy
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