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Technology: A Strategy for Improving Comprehension through Writing within the Learning Community. Toni A. Penwell EDU 306 Teaching Reading – Adolescents March 1, 2011.
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Technology: A Strategy for Improving Comprehension through Writing within the Learning Community Toni A. Penwell EDU 306 Teaching Reading – Adolescents March 1, 2011
This project introduces the idea of incorporating current digital technology into writing instruction as a means to improve reading comprehension.
“Writing for the Instant Messaging and Text Messaging Generation: Using New Literacies to Support Writing Instruction”Sheelah M. Sweeney (2010) • Educators must utilize the skills that students possess for interacting with media and transform them into skills that the student can apply in the school setting. • Technology is a unique opportunity for teachers to utilize this skill set in ways that improve reading comprehension. • There are numerous applications of digital technology that can be used as a method to enhance writing and in turn comprehension.
“Summer Program Helps Adolescents Merge Technology, Popular Culture, Reading, and Writing for Academic Purposes”Salika A. Lawrence, Kelly McNeal, Melda N. Yildiz (2009) • The ideal setting for technology instruction is the computer lab so that students receive instruction and utilize guided and independent practice of skills. • Technology allows students to make connections between the social and academic world. • A list of some specific assignments utilizing technology might include: socially significant research topics, practice in summarizing and interpreting information, and utilizing informational texts and visual aids in a presentation.
“Writing for Comprehension”Randy Wallace, Cathy Pearman, Cindy Hail, and Beth Hurst (2007) • Interpretation of text is solidified through student writing and results in heightened student comprehension. • Comprehension is increased by integrating reading, writing and social interaction. • Student response to text is a tool for comprehension assessment.
References Coiro, J. (2005). Making sense of online text. Educational Leadership, 63(2), 30-35. Frager, A.M., Frye, E.A. (2010, October). Focus on the essentials of reading instruction. Kappan Magazine, 56-58. Lawrence, S.A., McNeal, K., Yildiz, M.N. (2009). Summer program helps adolescents merge technology, popular culture, reading, and writing for academic purposes. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(6), 483-494. Onofrey, K.A., Theurer, J.L. (2007, April). What’s a teacher to do: suggestions for comprehension strategy instruction. The Reading Teacher, 681-684. Sweeney, S.M. (2010). Writing for the instant messaging and text messaging generation: using new literacies to support writing instruction. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 54(2), 121-130. Wallace, R., Pearman, C., Hail, C., Hurst, B. (2007). Writing for comprehension. Reading Horizons, 48(1), 41-56.