Using Technology in Middle Grades Language Arts: Strategies to Improve Student Learning

Hunter-Mintz (curriculum and instruction, U. of Alabama) presents middle school language arts teachers with ideas, strategies, and resources for using technology to enhance learning, reading, and composition. The well-informed text deals with the following tasks: enhancing active learning with technology, using technology to respond to literature, using the internet in combination with young adult literature to foster a love of reading, understanding technology tools to enhance and inspire composition (includes information on student publishing), visualizing verse online, and using online writing labs, among others. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Katrina Hunter-Mintz was a high school English Language Arts teacher for 13 years before finishing her doctorate in curriculum and instruction at the University of Alabama in 2002. Her teaching includes secondary curriculum and methods, educational technology, P-12 reading instruction and literature, and educational psychology.