Technology and Literacy Instruction

TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY

AND LITERACY INSTRUCTION

A web page to accompany the paper entitled It's Too Late To Read This Paper.

Available here in pdf format

Television was a new technology at one time. It is instructive to look back to then and think about how it has changed our way of thinking and our way of life.

Teachers at all levels of literacy instruction are being challenged to use technology in their teaching. The accompanying paper explores the different ways that technology is being used and what questions are brought up by this use. This web page will lead you to various other sites where you can explore in more detail different parts of the paper. It is also intended to be a helpful resourse for teachers who want to use technology in their litearcy instruction.