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