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ti DOCUMENT RESUME ED 405 572 CS 012 761 . AUTHOR Camperell, Kay, Ed.; And Others TITLE Literacy: The Information Superhighway to Success. INSTITUTION American Reading Forum. REPORT NO ISSN-0895-3562 PUB DATE 96 NOTE 262p.; For volume 15, see ED 390 028. Selected papers presented at the Annual Conference of the American Reading Forum (Sanibel Island, FL, December 1995). PUB TYPE Speeches/Conference Papers (150) Collected Works General (020) Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Yearbook of the American Reading Forum; v16 1996 EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC11 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Content Analysis; Content Area Reading; Distance Education; *Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; *Internet; *Literacy; Methods Courses; *Online Systems; Reading Habits; Reading Skills; Second Language Instruction; Teacher Attitudes; *Teacher Education IDENTIFIERS Banks Typology; Trade Books ABSTRACT Several of the papers in this collection describe university programs or provide practical suggestions for using technology to enhance literacy instruction; other papers focus on a diverse range of issues, instructional strategies, and research findings related to different aspects of literacy. Papers in the collection are: "A Community of Thinkers: Creating Multimedia Literacy Environments Overview" (Victoria J. Risko and others); "Creating a Community of Thinkers within a Preservice Literacy Education Methods Course" (Victoria J. Risko); "A Community of Thinkers: Literacy Environments with Interactive Technology" (Marino C. Alvarez); "Technology and Literacy: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century" (Michael C. McKenna); "Integrating Technology and Reading/Language Arts at the Undergraduate Level" (Jo Ann F. Bass and others); "Building Critical Reading Skills and Countering Biases: Using Tradebooks with the 'Oregon Trail'" (Deborah L. Thompson); "Linking Reading to Math and Technology: Adventures on the 'Oregon Trail" (Lynn H. Fox); "Learning from a Distance: Triumphs and Challenges" (Jane Meeks-Hager and Marilyn Eanet); "'Black Milk of Daybreak': The Literacy of Testimony and Witness" (Ray Simmers-Wolpow); "Reaction Paper: "'Black Milk of Daybreak': The Literacy of Testimony and Witness" (Eunice N. Askov); "Response Paper: 'Black Milk of Daybreak': The Literacy of Testimony and Witness" (Noemi Ban); "A Survey of Teachers' Reading Habits" Jerry L. Johns and Peggy Marciniec); "Factor Analysis of Teachers' Responses to Why They Don't Use Published Reading-Teaching Methods and What Would Cause Them to Do So" (Anthony V. Manzo and Ula C. Manzo); "Student Readiness to Learn: Judgments of Prospective Teachers about Background Based on*Language Usage" (Richard Telfer and others); "A Content Analysis of Current Content Area Reading Textbooks" (Alexandra Ruschko and others); "Undergraduate Reading Metaphors: Traversing the Information Superhighway or Weaving the Web?" (Alice Randlett and Bobbie Stokes); "An Analysis of Story Content and Discussion through the Lens of Banks' Stage Theory of Ethnic Identity Development" (Louise M. Tomlinson); "Children's Book Awards and 1995 Shortlists from Five English-Speaking Countries" (Ira E. Aaron and Sylvia M. Hutchinson); and "Alternate Routes to Understanding: Reading and Writing in a Second Language" (Mary S. Benedetti and others). The collection concludes with a "problem court" article and a reaction paper in which various presenters take a humorous, but critical, look at issues related to implementing technology and "surfing" the information superhighway. (RS) A A r. A 1996, VOLUME XVI LITERACY: THEINFORMATION SUPE G AY TO SUCCESS71`: U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND Once of Educational Re Salfell and irnoroveinent EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL CENTER (ERIC) HAS BEEN GRANTED BY This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it it. Minor changes nave been made to improve reproduction quality N Points of view or opinions stated in this TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES document do not necessarily represent INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) r1 official OERI position or policy O Yearbook ci the American Reading Fa BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2 R F 1996, VOLUME XVI Editors Kay Camperell and Bernard L. Hayes Utah State University Richard Telfer University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Publication made possible in part by support from Utah State University, College of Education. 3 Copyright 1996 by the American Reading Forum All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. The American Reading Forum Yearbook presents a variety of view- points. The views expressed or implied in this publication should not be interpreted as official positions of the American Reading Forum. ISBN: 0895-3562 4 Editorial Board The Yearbook of the American Reading Forum is the official publication of the American Reading Forum. It comprises papers recommended for publication by the Editorial Board from those submitted by presenters at forums, problems courts, and sessions of the American Reading Forum's Annual Conference. Marino C. Alvarez Tennessee State University Jo Ann Bass University of Mississippi Allen Berger Miami University Terry L. Bullock University of Cincinnati Shara Curry Grace College Marilyn Eanet Rhode Island College Rick Erickson Southern Illinois University Joyce C. Fine Florida International University Karen Ford Ball State University Jeanne Marcum Gerlach West Virginia University Cindy Gillespie Bowling Green State University David J. Gustafson University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Stephenie M. Hewett The Citadel Sylvia M. Hutchinson University of Georgia Jerry L. Johns Northern Illinois University James R. King University of South Florida Glenda G. Lofton Southeastern Louisiana University Ula Manzo Central Missouri State University Mona Matthews Georgia State University Jane Brady Matanzo Florida Atlantic University Kenneth M. Smith Eastern Oregon State College Editorial Assistance provided by: Susan Nash, Utah State University. The Yearbook of the American Reading Forum contains selected papers and reactions to issues or papers presented at each year's annual meeting. The yearbook, a peer-reviewed publication, is indexed with major reference sources nationally. The yearbook is received by the membership of ARF as well as many major libraries in the United States. Four copies of typewritten doublespaced manuscripts (approximately 5 to 20 pages) that follow current APA form should be submitted. Manuscripts and all correspondence should be sent to Kay Camperell/Bernie Hayes, Co-editors, ARF Yearbook, Department of Elementary Education, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-2805. Subscriptions to the American Reading Forum Yearbook are $20 per year; back issues are $5. Checks should be made payable to the American Reading Forum. Subscription requests and all related correspondence should be sent to Bernie Hayes, Co-Editor, American Reading Forum Yearbook, Department of Elementary Education, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-2805. (ISSN 0895-3562) From The Editors Volume XVI of the American Reading Forum Yearbook contains papers that have been recommended by the Editorial Advisory Board from those submitted by authors who presented at the 1995 Annual Conference. The theme of the conference was Literacy: The Information Superhighway to Success. Several presenters' papers describe university programs or provide practical suggestions for using technology to enhance literacy instruction. Others, however, focus on a diverse range of issues, instructional strategies, and research findings related to different aspects of literacy. Articles in this volume begin with presen- tations by the keynote speakers who emphasized new uses of technol- ogy, ways technology is influencing practice as well as ways technology and the information highway may change our conceptions of literacy. The volume ends with a problems court article and a reaction paper in which presenters take a humorous, but critical, look at issues related to implementing technology and "surfing" the information superhighway. American Reading Forum Volume XVI, 1996 Contents Keynote Sessions A Community of Thinkers: Creating Multimedia Literacy Environments Overview 1 Victoria J. Risko Vanderbilt University Marino C. Alvarez Tennessee State University Creating a Community of Thinkers Within a Preservice Literacy Education Methods Course 3 Victoria J. Risko Vanderbilt University A Community of Thinkers: Literacy Environments with Interactive Technology 17 Marino C. Alvarez Tennessee State University Technology and Literacy: Challenges of the Twenty-first Century 31 Michael C. McKenna Georgia Southern University Papers Integrating Technology and Reading/Language Arts at the Undergraduate Level 37 Jo Ann F. Bass Martha S. Chambless Evelyn J. Smith Nancy L. Watson The University of Mississippi Building Critical Reading Skills and Countering Biases: Using Tradebooks With the Oregon Trail 51 Deborah L. Thompson American University Linking Reading to Math and Technology: Adventures on the Oregon Trail 63 Lynn H. Fox American University Learning From a Distance: Triumphs and Challenges 79 Jane Meeks-Hager Old Dominion University Marilyn Eanet Rhode Island College "Black Milk of Daybreak": The Literacy of Testimony and Witness 85 Ray Simmers-Wolpow Western Washington