Offers insight into electronic text. Discusses seven characteristics of electronic text that have an impact on the notion of literacy and literacy instruction. Discusses repositories of electronic text, and describes a small sampling of sources for free electronic texts on the Internet that are easily accessible to teachers and useful for literacy…

Offers an overview of the various types of electronic journals available on the Web. Suggests strategies for finding journals on topics of interest. Familiarizes readers with six specific journals related to technology and literacy instruction as well as journals in which information on technology and literacy instruction can be regularly found.…

Discusses Online Writing Labs--World Wide Web sites designed to support students' writing efforts by providing easy access to electronic resources and online tutoring. Describes three types of these services: resource materials, online tutoring, and information gateways. (SR)

Shares details about two prewriting strategies (brainstorming and synthesizing information), and discusses some practical issues related to the use of computer-based concept mapping in the classroom. (SR)

Discusses the definition, purposes, and advantages and disadvantages of electronic books. Notes the types of embedded resources present in them, offers an example of an electronic book, and suggests three steps to evaluate and select electronic books for the curriculum. (SR)

Describes how computer-assisted outlining can enhance studying and learning. Illustrates how it is helpful in taking and studying notes, and in recording and synthesizing material for a report. (SR)

Discusses three types of synchronous writing environments, each offering teachers and students a vehicle for using electronic text to promote literacy-based learning communities: classroom collaboration, networked notetaking, and virtual communities. (SR)

Defines five core concepts of media literacy. Discusses media education and describes the Media Literacy On-Line Project on the World Wide Web. Lists additional resources for media literacy. (SR)

Describes difficulties often faced by poor spellers when trying to spell check their papers electronically. Describes four strategies to help students use electronic spell-checking programs effectively. (SR)

Introduces a new column which will be a "collection of choice morsels" about ways to use technology in the interest of enhancing literacy for adolescent and adult learners. (SR)