Voices from the Middle
May 2012 Volume 19, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 8
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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