Focus on Technology:
Recommended Reading

Books

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Innovative Approaches to Literacy Education, edited by Rachel A. Karchmer, Marla H. Mallette, Julia Kara-Soteriou, and Donald J. Leu, Jr.

Literacy in the Information Age, edited by Bertram C. Bruce

Literacy Learning in Networked Classrooms, by Mary L. McNabb

Literature Links, by Linda D. Labbo, Mary Susan Love, Miri Park Prior, Betty P. Hubbard, and Tammy Ryan

Articles

From recent issues of the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy:

“Negotiating teacher identity: Exploring the use of elementary teaching portfolios with preservice English teachers,” by Heidi L. Hallman (March 2007; vol. 50, no. 6)

“Girl power in a digital world: Considering the complexity of gender, literacy, and technology,” by Bronwyn T. Williams (Dec. 2006/Jan. 2007; vol. 50, no. 4)

“Access and affiliation: The literacy composition practices of English-language learners in an online fanfiction community,” by Rebecca W. Black (Oct. 2005; vol. 49, no. 2)

“It’s about time: Using electronic literature discussion groups with adult learners,” by Dena G. Beeghly (Sept. 2005; vol. 49, no. 1)

“Leading double lives: Literacy and technology in and out of school,” by Bronwyn T. Williams (May 2005; vol. 48, no. 8)

“Teaching online comprehension strategies using think-alouds,” by Angel Kymes (March 2005; vol. 48, no. 6)

Selected articles from Reading Research Quarterly, the field’s leading research journal:

“Exploring the online reading comprehension strategies used by sixth-grade skilled readers to search for and locate information on the Internet,” by Julie Coiro and Elizabeth Dobler (April/May/June 2007; vol. 42, no. 2)

“Instant messaging, literacies, and social identities,” by Cynthia Lewis and Bettina Fabos (Oct./Nov./Dec. 2005; vol. 40, no. 4)  FREE!

“The relationship of reading ICT to opportunity structure: An object of study?,” by Peter Freebody and Margery Hornibrook (July/Aug./Sept. 2005; vol. 40, no. 3)  FREE!

“Complicating contexts: Issues of methodology in researching the language and literacies of instant messaging,” by Gloria E. Jacobs (Oct./Nov./Dec. 2004; vol. 39, no. 4)

“The efficacy of electronic books in fostering kindergarten children’s emergent story understanding,” by Maria T. de Jong and Adriana G. Bus (Oct./Nov./Dec. 2004; vol. 39, no. 4)

“Dialogue online: Prospective teachers’ discourse strategies in computer-mediated discussions,” by Suzanne E. Wade and Janice R. Fauske (April/May/June 2004; vol. 39, no. 2)

“‘Tech-savviness’ meets multiliteracies: Exploring adolescent girls’ technology-mediated literacy practices,” by Kelly Chandler-Olcott and Donna Mahar (July/Aug./Sept. 2003; vol. 38, no. 3)

“The journey ahead: Thirteen teachers report how the Internet influences literacy and literacy instruction in their K–12 classrooms,” by Rachel Karchmer (Oct./Nov./Dec. 2001; vol. 36, no. 4)  FREE!

“The convergence of literacy instruction with networked technologies for information and communication,” by Donald J. Leu, Jr., and Charles K. Kinzer (Jan./Feb./March 2000; vol. 35, no. 1)

“Negotiating the multiple realities of technology in literacy research and instruction,” by Linda D. Labbo and David Reinking (Oct./Nov./Dec. 1999; vol. 34, no. 4)  FREE!

From The Reading Teacher, which focuses on primary and elementary instruction:

“Rewriting “Goldilocks” in the urban, multicultural elementary school,” by Heather Lotherington and Sandra Chow (Nov. 2006; vol. 60, no. 3)

“SEARCHing for an answer: The critical role of new literacies while reading on the Internet,” by Laurie A. Henry (April 2006; vol. 59, no. 7)

“Approaching the unavoidable: Literacy instruction and the Internet,” by Jacquelynn A. Malloy and Linda B. Gambrell (Feb. 2006; vol. 59, no. 5)

“Books and computer response activities that support literacy development,” by Linda D. Labbo (Nov. 2005; vol. 59, no. 3)

“Reading literature, reading text, reading the Internet: The times they are a’changing,” by Linda B. Gambrell (March 2005; vol. 58, no. 6)

“Early readers and electronic texts: CD-ROM storybook features that influence reading behaviors,” by Shirley Lefever-Davis and Cathy Pearman (Feb. 2005; vol. 58, no. 5)

“Using Web-based bookmarks in K–8 settings: Linking the Internet to instruction,” by Leighann S. Forbes (Oct. 2004; vol. 58, no. 2)

From Reading Today, the Association’s bimonthly newspaper:

“Lights, camera, reading” (Feb/Mar 2007)  FREE!

“Television programs get kids ‘Ready for School,’” (Aug/Sept 2006)  FREE!

“Using information technology to learn about it,” by Reid Goldsborough (Oct/Nov 2004)  FREE!