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Voices from the Middle

May 2012 Volume 19, Number 4

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Number of articles: 8

  1. Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities of Using New Literacies in Middle Grades

    Margaret C. Hagood

    New literacies are affecting the ways that we choose to spend our time in teaching and learning. In this article, Hagood describes the work of nine middle grades teachers' explorations of new... More

    pp. 10-16

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  2. Middle Schools and New Literacies: Looking Back and Moving Forward

    William Kist

    This article synthesizes 15 years of research in middle school classrooms that have started to integrate new literacies into their daily teaching and learning. Trends of the data suggest there are ... More

    pp. 17-21

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  3. How Do I Earn Buy-In from Digital Natives?

    Amy Schechter & Jennifer M. Denmon

    Many teachers find it difficult to encourage their students to write in class, yet writing is becoming increasingly important in academic and workplace settings. Students are already writing... More

    pp. 22-27

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  4. Finding Our Way: Eighth Graders Explore Social Networking Sites

    Chris Leland, Anne Ociepka & Kate Kuonen

    As adolescents spend more and more time engaging in various on line activities, teachers are questioning the role that language arts curricula might play in helping them become savvy technology... More

    pp. 28-33

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  5. Writing Teachers Should Comment on Facebook Walls

    Allen Teng

    A middle school language arts teacher reflects on his experience in utilizing a school-housed online social network to create avenues for authentic audience, purpose, and response to student... More

    pp. 34-38

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  6. Bridging the Disconnect: A Layered Approach to Jump-Starting Engagement

    Nanci Werner-Burke, Jane Spohn, Jessica Spencer, Bobbi Button & Melissa Morral

    The authors describe the steps they took to ramp up their efforts to reach out to students by retooling their teaching. Four factors became essential: the use of writing as a tool for engagement... More

    pp. 45-49

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  7. Multimodality in an Urban, Eighth-Grade Classroom

    Adrienne Costello

    Young adolescents are immersed in 21st century literacies in their daily lives, and they bring into schools a level of appreciation and expertise that often goes untapped. This article presents an ... More

    pp. 50-56

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  8. From Knowledge to Wisdom: Critical Evaluation in New Literacy Instruction

    Phil Nichols

    In an effort to expose students to a wide array of 21st century literacies, it is easy for teachers to forget the equally important role of leading students in critical inquiry regarding "when" and... More

    pp. 64-69

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