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= = = Using the Internet to Improve Literacy and Learning Outcomes for Diverse Students =

//Chair: Bridget Dalton, Vanderbilt University// bridget.dalton@vanderbilt.edu //Discussant: Colin Harrison, University of Nottingham, UK// colin.harrison@nottingham.ac.uk

This alternative session will engage the audience in exploring how teachers in Ireland and the U.S. are incorporating the Internet into their curriculum and teaching to improve literacy and learning outcomes for diverse students, including struggling readers. This interactive session will incorporate audience participation using response clickers and other Web 2.0 technologies. Students’ Internet inquiry projects and teachers’ Web Strategy Tutor lesson plans will be featured in a digital gallery walk. Threads from a digital conversation will unfold throughout and become the jumping off point for discussion.

Join the digital discussion at any point during the session by posting questions or comments to: **Twitter @InternetInquiry** AIM: InternetInquiry** =** //Structure of the Alternative Session// **= || || || || || ||
 * Skype: InternetInquiry
 * __Overview & Purpose__ - //Digital Clicker Audience Responses - Facilitated by Bridget Dalton//
 * __Introduction to Digital Discussio__n - //Colin Harrison//
 * __Gallery Walk__ - Visit three areas and view digital products, photographs, and print media
 * __Paper Overviews__- Researchers will introduce their study and highlight major findings (Click on the links below to learn more about each paper)
 * __Breakout session I__ – Interact with an author(s) to learn more about ONE study
 * __Breakout session II__ – Interact with an author(s) to learn more about ONE study
 * __Comments, Questions, and Follow-up to Digital Discussion__- //Digital Clicker Audience Responses - Facilitated by Colin Harrison// ||

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//Bernadette Dwyer, St. Patrick’s College, Ireland bernadette.dwyer@spd.dcu.ie //=====

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//Jill Castek, University of California, Berkeley jcastek@berkeley.edu //=====

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//Blaine Smith, Vanderbilt University blaine.smith@vanderbilt.edu //===== //Bridget Dalton, Vanderbilt University// bridget.dalton@vanderbilt.edu