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=         =    **How is Technology Used by Adolescents**

   **to Develop Literacy?**

        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">   <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #171717; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Hasselbring, T., & Goin, L. (2004). ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Hasslebring and Goin conducted a study to see if the Peabody Literacy Lab (now known as Read 180 program) could help older struggling readers. <span style="COLOR: #171717; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> [|Peabody Learning Lab (Read 180) Website] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">**<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Fabos, B., & Lewis, C. (2005). ** These researchers looked at instant messaging to determine if it is contributing to how adolescents construct their social identities. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">  <span style="COLOR: #171717; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">  [|Instant Messaging full text article]

**<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Kapler, R. L (2007)  **  Kapler was interested in how wiki spaces (such as this one) could be used by students to collaborate on assignments. The link below provides a lesson plan by Kapler for using wikispaces in the classroom [|Wiki Lesson Plan]



<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Pew Internet and American Life Project (2006) **Interesting Information about how teenagers use technology today. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> [|Sharing information on MySpace, surfing the internet, and posting on YouTube]

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Fry and Gosky (2007) ** Fry and Gosky studied how using an electronic pop up dictionary could improve comprehension for students reading Social Studies textbooks. [|Download Full text study] =<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> = = =