Wood, Julie M. <br/><br/>
Literacy online :  new tools for struggling readers and writers / 
Julie M. Wood ; foreword by Victoria Purcell-Gates. 
 - Portsmouth, NH :  Heinemann,  c2004. 
 - x, 149 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Literacy in the digital age -- Seven ways to use new media to improve reading and writing instruction -- Lessons from the reading lab for teachers and students -- Becoming an (even more) innovative literacy professional. 
<br/><br/> "Literacy Online shares concrete ideas for teaching and planning in support of struggling students as well as guidelines for evaluating the helpfulness of websites and software. In addition, a companion website (www.heinemann.com/literacyonline/) features reproducible brainstorming sheets and links to successful model programs across the country where the literacy abilities of students have improved dramatically thanks to the integration of technology.".  "Best of all, Literacy Online is written for any teacher. Technophobes will begin helping emerging readers overcome their difficulties on Monday morning with easy-to-use tips that capitalize on basic skills like word processing, browsing the Internet, and communicating by email, while technophiles will find innovative options to improve students' reading and writing sooner by extending into web design, the use of a variety of computer gadgetry, and even speech recognition software."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0325003696 (alk. paper) 9780325003696 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004007842 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language arts (Elementary)--Computer-assisted instruction.<br/>Internet in education.<br/>Computers and literacy.<br/>Language arts--Remedial teaching.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1576.7  / .W66 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.6/078/5