1. Approaching the Unavoidable: Literacy Instruction and the Internet Jacquelynn A. Malloy and Linda B Gambrell

2. “All education springs from some image of the future” (Toffler, 1974, p. 3)  What are your first memories of computers being used in educational settings? Looking back ten years ago as either teachers or students…Did you foresee the Internet or technology being used as it is in today’s educational world?

3. “Although we can use either the Internet or printed text to discover things that interest, inform, and entertain us, the Internet has a greater number of pages and variety of text than a hard copy could provide”. (Malloy and Gambrell, 2006)  How do you currently use the Internet in you classroom, or your daily school routine?

4. When comparing traditional text and a web-page, “We approach traditional text by looking at all options first, such as title, pictures and diagrams, and sidebars. We can view these same items on a web-page, but clicking on titles, diagrams, and sides leads to many other links, and this can be risky business”. (Malloy and Gambrell, 2006)  What pros and cons do you see in using the Internet as an instructional tool?

5. “As new technologies creep ever closer to the primary classroom, the wise teacher must find ways to use these tools to enhance instruction in ways that engage students and prepare them for what is yet to be done”. (Malloy and Gambrell, 2006)  In the future…what do you foresee for the internet and technology in educational settings?