1. By: Emily Hatley Jennifer Hatley Hannah DeJarnette

3.  Digital literacy: the skills in using the information that technological devices carry, and the skills in using the devices themselves  Information literacy: a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use it effectively

4.  Strategies can help foster students’ reading and writing skills  Strategies require more social interaction where they become the teacher

5.  The use of technology can support growth in diverse learners  Technology enhances students’ motivation to write, and it also encourages them to assume greater responsibility for their learning

6.  Keyboarding as a prerequisite to the use of computers for writing  Whether time spent teaching cursive writing would be better spent on other educational priorities

7.  1. Support for word fluency and vocabulary development  2. comprehension and literacy development  3. Writing instruction  4. Literature learning

8.  Online practice in matching letters and sounds  Online practice in matching words and meanings  Online tools to engage students in vocabulary learning

9.  Using digital text to encourage engaged reading  Supported reading with software and portable assistive devices  Digital storytelling

10.  Strategies to encourage writing  Modeling to support revising and editing written drafts  Providing feedback with grammar, spell-check, and thesaurus features  Digital publishing of student work

11.  Accessing online copies of published works  Accessing background information on authors  Support for literary analysis

12.  Content knowledge  Pedagogical knowledge  Technological knowledge

13.  http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/midli t11_vid_pdvideo/ http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/midli t11_vid_pdvideo/

14.  http://www.techforteachers.net/language- arts.html http://www.techforteachers.net/language- arts.html  http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/01 /11-language-arts-resources-to-try- in.html#.UVuuw5PvsfU http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/01 /11-language-arts-resources-to-try- in.html#.UVuuw5PvsfU  http://www.tewt.org/ http://www.tewt.org/  http://wiredteach.edublogs.org/2011/09/26 /using-technology-to-teach-language-arts/ http://wiredteach.edublogs.org/2011/09/26 /using-technology-to-teach-language-arts/  http://www.trcabc.com/resources/ways-to- use-technology-to-teach-writing/ http://www.trcabc.com/resources/ways-to- use-technology-to-teach-writing/

15.  Many educators believe that budgeting for computer equipment, software, and infrastructure can be defended because digital and information literacy are as important-if not more important than- traditional reading and writing literacy. Do you feel this is true? What information and/or conditions in today’s schools do you feel should inform policy makers on the relative priority of these “old and new” kinds of literacy?