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Middle Technology in the Language Arts classroom: Is It Worth
the Trouble? by Gretchen Lee |Grades||5 – 9| Suggests the
authentic audience found on the Internet has a profound effect
on the quality of student writing in all grades, and that the
key to successful technology projects is integrating them into
the curriculum so that computers are a means, not an end. Offers
ideas for classroom activities and projects using stand-alone
computers, and using computers with Internet access. Adapted
from: Gretchen Lee. "Technology in the Language Arts Classroom:
Is It Worth the Trouble?" Voices from the Middle 7.3 (March
2000): 24-32. Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students respond to a book they have r