[pn] CFP: Reading and Technology

[Mark Warschauer]

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Call for Papers for Special Issue of
The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal

Theme: Reading and Technology


This special issue will explore the relationship between technology 
and reading.
Papers will examine issues in the following theme areas:

(1) Technology as a Tool to Teach Reading Skills, (2) Supplementing 
Reading Instruction
with Technology, (3) Reading in Electronic Environments,
(4) The Role of Technology as a Curricular Tool in Developing Reading 
Abilities, and
(5) Reading Difficulties in Technology.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:


Technology as a Tool to Teach Reading Skills
Teaching reading with technology
Implementing technology in the reading class
The impact of technology on reading
How the internet/technology changes reading


Supplementing Reading Instruction with Technology
Using technology to helping students acquire specific skills and strategies
Instruction to develop the critical literacies essential to effective 
information use
Training students to become proficient readers in online environments


Reading in Electronic Environments
Online resources/courses for reading
Vocabulary acquisition- Electronic dictionaries, glossing
Electronic Books
The World Wide Web


The Role of Technology as a Curricular Tool in Developing Reading Abilities
Exploring reading strategy use in electronic environments
Online reading behaviors-Hypertext and reading
Computer-based reading strategies
Reading-centered literacy activities
Web-quests and web-stories


Reading Difficulties in Technology
Affective factors, reading, and technology
Social aspects of literacy in the digital age
Teacher attitudes toward reading and technology
Assessment practices in literacy that include reading on the Internet
Analysis and exploration of reading software programs


Please submit manuscripts by June 15, 2003 to editors@readingmatrix.com.
Submission guidelines are available at:
http://www.readingmatrix.com/submission.html


For additional information, please contact the Editors, Meena Singhal 
(msinghal@lbcc.edu)
or John Liontas (jliontas@nd.edu).


The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal is published
exclusively on the World Wide Web.

http://www.readingmatrix.com/journal.html