Literacy

Youth are spending more time on the Internet

* Computer-mediated communication - (e-mail, chat rooms, message boards) places expectations on participants to accurately communicate their ideas to an audience

* Students engaged in computer-mediated communication (CMC) learned literacy skills through social exchanges
* Motivation and engagement are critical for adolescent readers

OmI's E-mail-Interactive TM novel, The Write1.com, incorporates computer-mediated communication -- motivating students to read and write.
Current research indicates:

Teens Using the Internet
Teens and Technology
Literacy Fact Sheet
Reading for the 21st Century