Dear IUS Student,

You are about to take part in an exciting adventure in learning. You will be assigned to a small group of children in the fourth or fifth grade to whom you will teach Language Arts. You will be asked to combine writing and reading with the use of the computer to develop well integrated lessons. You may plan with other IU Southeast students, but you will teach each lesson on your own, except when team teaching seems appropriate.

Language Arts, when taught in the way proposed, will benefit children. It will also invigorate you, the teacher, as you realize you are applying new research-based ideas into the classroom.

Good luck!!!

Sincerely,

Dr. Susan R. Ridout
Dr. Carl deGraaf
Mrs. Jane Riehl

Acknowledgement

We wish to express gratitude toward all who have contributed to this project. This

includes the faculty, staff, administrations, and students of Galena Elementary School* for their

cooperation and the Indiana University Southeast students for their creative application of these

ideas. Appreciation is also extended to: Dr. John Newman and Cora Huffines for their assistance

assistance with statistical analysis; Sharon Burke for preparation of the manuscript, David Rainbolt of the ILTE (Institute of Learning and Teaching

 Excellence) and the Corporation for Educational Technology for awarding our project a Buddy Grant.

CdG

JER

SRR

* Galena Elementary School is in Floyds Knobs, Indiana, and is part of the New Albany-Floyd County School Corporation.

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