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Recent and In Press Publications
Castek, J., Leu, D. J., Jr., Coiro, J., Gort, M., Henry, L. A., & Lima, C. (2007). Developing new literacies among multilingual learners in the elementary grades. In L. Parker (Ed.) Technology-mediated learning environments for young English learners: Connections In and out of school. (111-153). Mahwah, NJ. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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Coiro, J. & Dobler, B. Coiro, J., & Dobler, E. (2007). Exploring the online reading comprehension strategies used by sixth-grade skilled readers to search for and locate information on the Internet. Reading Research Quarterly. 42, 214-257.
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Coiro, J., Knobel, M., Lankshear, C., & Leu, D.J. (Eds). (2008). Handbook of research on new literacies.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Download overview for personal use only.
Kara-Soteriou, J., Zawilinski & L., Henry, L. (2007). Children's books and technology in the classroom: a dynamic combo for
supporting the writing workshop. The Reading Teacher, 60 (7), 698-707.
Leu, D. J., McVerry, J. G., O’Bryne, W. I., Zawilinski, L., Castek, J., & Hartman, D. K. (in press). The new literacies of online reading comprehension and the irony of no child left behind: Students who require our assistance the most, actually receive it the least. To appear in: Lesley Mandel Morrow, Robert Rueda, & Diane Lapp. Handbook of research on literacy instruction: Issues of diversity, policy, and equity. New York: Guilford.
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Leu, D. J., Coiro, J., Castek, J., Hartman, D., Henry, L. A., & Reinking, D. (in press). Research on instruction and assessment in the new literacies of online reading comprehension. To appear in Cathy Collins Block, Sherri Parris, & Peter Afflerbach (Eds.). Comprehension instruction: Research-based best practices. New York: Guilford Press.
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Leu, D. J., McVerry, J. G., O’Bryne, W. I., Zawilinski, L., Castek, J., & Hartman, D. K. (in press). The new literacies of online reading comprehension and the irony of no child left behind: Students who require our assistance the most, actually receive it the least. To appear in: Lesley Mandel Morrow, Robert Rueda, & Diane Lapp. Handbook of research on literacy instruction: Issues of diversity, policy, and equity. New York: Guilford.
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Leu, D.J., & Zawilinski, L. (2007). The New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension: New England Reading Association Journal, 43(1), 1-7.
Leu, D. J., Zawilinski, L., Castek, J., Banerjee, M., Housand, B., Liu, Y., et al. (2007). What is new about the new literacies of online reading comprehension? In L. Rush, J. Eakle, & A. Berger, (Eds.). Secondary school literacy: What research reveals for classroom practices. (37-68). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. Companion website available at http://www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/reading.html.
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McVerry, J. G. (2007). Forums and Functions of Threaded Discussions. New England Reading Association, 43(1), 79-85.
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McVerry, J.G. (2007). Power of Posting Poetry: Teaching New Literacies. Language Arts Journal of Michigan,23(1), 51-56.
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McVerry, J. G. (2007).
Discussion boards: The new instructional text. Sigtel Bulletin [Online Serial]. Available at http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/SIGs/SIGTel_Telelearning_/SIGTelBulletin/Archive/20072008/2007_2008.htm
Edited Books
Coiro, J., Knobel, M., Lankshear, C., & Leu, D.J. (Eds). (2008). Handbook of research on new literacies.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Download overview for personal use only.
Books
Karchmer, R.A., Mallette, M., Kara-Soteriou, J., & Leu, D.J. Jr. (Eds.) (2005). New literacies for new times: Innovative models of literacy
education using the Internet. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Leu, D. J., Jr., Leu, D. D. & Coiro, J. (2004). Teaching with the Internet: New literacies for new times (4th ed.).
Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon. Companion website available at http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~djleu/fourth.html
Dissertations
Coiro, J. (2007). Exploring changes to reading comprehension on the Internet: Paradoxes and possibilities for diverse adolescent readers. Unpublished dissertation: University of Connecticut. Download here.
Journal Articles
Castek, J. & Bevans, J. (2006). Reading adventures online: Five ways to introduce the new literacies of the Internet through children's literature. The Reading Teacher, 59, 714-728.
Castek, J., Henry, L.A., & McMullan, M. (2005). Reading and writing on the Internet with kids. Los Angeles Times. [Online Serial] Available at http://www.latimes.com/extras/readingby9/parentguide/story12.html
Castek, J., Henry, L.A., & McMullan, M. (March 28, 2005). Leyendo y escribiendo en el internet con los niños. Los Angeles Times. [Online Serial] Available at http://www.latimes.com/extras/readingby9/parentguide/story12.html
Coiro, J. (2005). Making sense of online text. Educational Leadership, 63(2), 30-35. Download for personal use only.
Coiro, J. (2003). Reading comprehension on the Internet: Expanding our understanding of reading comprehension to encompass new literacies. [Article reprinted from The Reading Teacher, 56, 458-464]. [OnlineSerial]. Available at: http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/rt/2-03_Column/index.html
Coiro, J. (2003). Comprehension de lectura en Internet: Ampliando lo que entendemos por comprehension de lectura para incluir las nuevas competencies. Eduteka. [Article reprinted from The Reading Teacher, 56, 458-464]. Available at: http://www.eduteka.org/ComprensionLecturaInternet.php
Coiro, J. (2003). Rethinking comprehension strategies to better prepare students for critically evaluating content on the Internet. The NERA Journal, 39, 29-34. Download for personal use only.
Coiro, J. & Dobler, B. Coiro, J., & Dobler, E. (2007). Exploring the online reading comprehension strategies used by sixth-grade skilled readers to search for and locate information on the Internet. Reading Research Quarterly. 42, 214-257.
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DeArment, C.F., & Hartman, D.K. (in review). Instructional uses of on-line text-based dialogue: A case study of faculty and student experiences and perceptions. [American Educational Research Journal]
Hartman, D.K. (2004). Deconstructing the reader, the text, and the context: Intertextuality and reading from a ‘cognitive’ perspective. In N. Shuart-Faris & D. Bloome (Eds.), Uses of Intertextuality in Classroom and Educational Research. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.
Hartman, D.K. (2000). What will be the influences of media on literacy in the next millennium. Reading Research Quarterly, 35 (2), 280-282.
Hartman, D.K. (1995). Eight readers reading: The intertextual links of proficient readers using multiple passages. Reading Research Quarterly, 30(3), 520-561.
Hartman, D.K. (1992). Intertextuality and reading: Reconceptualizing the reader, the text, the author, and the context. Linguistics and Education, 4 (3 & 4), 295-311.
Schell, J., & Hartman, D.K. (1992). Flexible cognition theory: A framework for advanced vocational learning. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 29 (3), 1-21.
Hartman, D.K., & Schell, J. (1991). Using hypertext to enhance learning, thinking, and application. Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 13 (1), 47-59.
Henry, L.A. (2006). SEARCHing for an answer: The critical role of new literacies while reading on the Internet. The Reading Teacher, 59, 614-627.
Henry, L.A. (2005). Review of Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 33, 451-454.
Henry, L.A. (2004). Writing on the Internet: Finding a voice online. The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 4(1).
Available at http://www.readingmatrix.com/book_reviews/henry/book_review.html
Henry, L.A., Castek, J., Roberts, L., Coiro, J., & Leu, D.J., Jr., (2004). Case technologies to enhance literacy learning (CTELL): A new model for early literacy teacher preparation. Knowledge Quest, 33, 26-29.
Henry, L.A., Coiro, J., & Castek, J. (2004). Addressing the challenges of new literacies and technologies in and out of school - A review of The Flickering Mind: The false promises of technology in the classroom and how learning can be saved, by Todd Oppenheimer, and New Literacies: Changing knowledge and classroom learning, by Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel. [Article reprinted from Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 48, 320-324]. Available at http://www.reading.org/Library/Retrieve.cfm?D=10.1598/JAAL.48.5.8&F=JAAL-48-5-Henry.html
Kara-Soteriou, J., Zawilinski & L., Henry, L. (2007). Children's books and technology in the classroom: a dynamic combo for
supporting the writing workshop. The Reading Teacher, 60 (7), 698-707.
Leu, D.J. (2006). New literacies, reading research, and the challenges of change: A Deictic perspective. (NRC Presidential Address). In J. Hoffman, D. Schallert, C. M. Fairbanks, J. Worthy, & B. Maloch (Eds.) The 55th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. (1-20). Milwaukee, WI: National Reading Conference.
Video available: http://www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/nrc/don_leu_2005.html
Leu, Jr., D. (2003). Flat Stanley goes cyber. Instructor, 112(5), 28-31.
Leu, D. J., Jr. (2002). Internet workshop: Making time for literacy. Reading Online. [Article reprinted from The Reading Teacher, 55 (5),]. [Online Serial].
Available at http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/RT/3-01_Column/index.html
Leu, D. J., Jr. (2001). Internet project: Preparing students for new literacies in a global village. Reading Online. [Article reprinted from The Reading Teacher, 54, 568-585]. [Online Serial]. Available at http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/RT/3-01_Column/index.html
Leu, D.J., Jr., Castek, J., Henry, L., Coiro, J., McMullan, M. (2004). The lessons that children teach us: Integrating children’s literature and the new literacies of the Internet. The Reading Teacher, 57, 496-503
Leu, D. J., Jr., & Coiro, J. (2004). New literacies for new times: Why and how the literacy community needs to rethink its mission. Wisconsin State Reading Association, 44, 3-7.
Leu, D.J., Jr., Coiro, J., Castek, J., & Henry, L. (2004). Pages through the ages: How social forces shape reading. Time to Read (Special Tribute Issue of Time Magazine) 2004-2005, 12-14.
Leu, D.J., Jr., Kinzer, C.K., Coiro, J., Cammack, D. (2004). Toward a theory of new literacies emerging from the Internet and other information and communication technologies. In R.B. Ruddell & N. Unrau (Eds.), Theoretical Models and Processes of Reading, Fifth Edition (1568-1611). International Reading Association: Newark, DE. Available at http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/lit_index.asp?HREF=/newliteracies/leu
Leu, D. J., Jr. & Kinzer, C. K. (2000). The convergence of literacy instruction and networked technologies for information and communication. Reading Research Quarterly, 35, 108-127.
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Leu, D. J., Jr. (2000). Our children's future: Changing the focus of literacy and literacy instruction. Reading Online. [Article reprinted from The Reading Teacher, 53, 424-431]. [Online Serial]. Available at http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/RT/focus/
Leu, D. J., Karchmer, R., & Leu, D. D. (1999). The Miss Rumphius Effect: Envisionments for literacy and learning that transform the Internet. Reading Online. [Reprinted from The Reading Teacher, 52, 636-42.] [Online serial]. Available at http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/RT/rumphius.html
Leu, D.J., & Zawilinski, L. (2007). The New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension: New England Reading Association Journal, 43(1), 1-7.
McVerry, J. G. (2007). Forums and Functions of Threaded Discussions. New England Reading Association, 43(1), 79-85.
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McVerry, J.G. (2007). Power of Posting Poetry: Teaching New Literacies. Language Arts Journal of Michigan,23(1), 51-56.
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personal use only
McVerry, J. G. (2007).
Discussion boards: The new instructional text. Sigtel Bulletin [Online Serial]. Available at http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/SIGs/SIGTel_Telelearning_/SIGTelBulletin/Archive/20072008/2007_2008.htm
Teale, W. H., Leu, D. J., Labbo, L. D., & Kinzer, C. (2002). The CTELL project: New ways technology can help educate tomorrow’s reading teachers. The Reading Teacher, 55(7), 654-659.
The New Literacies Research Team at the University of Connecticut (2007). Thinking about our future as researchers: New literacies, new challenges, and new opportunities. In F. Falk-Ross, M. Foote, P. Linder, M. B. Sampson, S. Szabo (Eds.). The twenty-eighth yearbook of the college reading association. Texas A&M University: College Reading Association.
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Book Chapters
Coiro, J., Knobel, M., Lankshear, C. & Leu, D. (2008). Central issues in new literacies and new literacies research. In J. Coiro, M. Knobel, C. Lankshear, & D. Leu (Eds.), Handbook of research on new literacies (pp. 25-32). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
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Coiro, J. (2005). Every teacher a Miss Rumphius: Empowering teachers with effective professional development. In Karchmer, R.A., Mallette, M., Kara-Soteriou, J., & Leu, D.J. Jr. (Eds). New literacies for new times: Innovative models of literacy education using the Internet. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
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Coiro, J., Karchmer, R., & Walpole, S. (2006). Critically evaluting educational technologies for literacy learning: Current trends and new paradigms. In M. McKenna, D. Reinking, L. B. Labbo, & R. Kieffer, The Handbook of Literacy and Technology, Second Edition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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Leu, D. J., Jr. (2002). The new literacies: Research on reading instruction with the Internet and other digital technologies. (pp. 310- 336). In J. Samuels and A. E. Farstrup (Eds.). What research has to say about reading instruction. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Leu, D. J., Coiro, J., Castek, J., Hartman, D., Henry, L. A., & Reinking, D. (in press). Research on instruction and assessment in the new literacies of online reading comprehension. To appear in Cathy Collins Block, Sherri Parris, & Peter Afflerbach (Eds.). Comprehension instruction: Research-based best practices. New York: Guilford Press.
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Leu, D. J., Zawilinski, L., Castek, J., Banerjee, M., Housand, B., Liu, Y., et al. (2007). What is new about the new literacies of online reading comprehension? In L. Rush, J. Eakle, & A. Berger, (Eds.). Secondary school literacy: What research reveals for classroom practices. (37-68). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. Companion website available at http://www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/reading.html.
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Research Reports and Working Papers
Leu, D. J. (January 5, 2007). Expanding the reading literacy framework of PISA 2009 to include online reading comprehension. A working paper commissioned by the PISA 2009 Reading Expert Group. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Services.
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Leu, D.J., Jr., Castek, J., Coiro, J., Gort, M., Henry, L.A. & Lima, C.O. (2004). Developing new literacies among multilingual learners in the elementary grades. Presented at a colloquium as part of the Technology in Support of Young Second Language Learners Project at the University of California Office of the President, under a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Palo Alto, California.
New Literacies Research Team* & Internet Reading Research Group†. (2006). Results summary report from the Survey of Internet Usage and Online Reading for School District 10-C (Research Report No. 1). Storrs: University of Connecticut, New Literacies Research Lab. *Including: Castek, J., Coiro, J., Henry, L.A., Lentini, A., & Leu, D.J. at the University of Connecticut. †Including: Carter, A., Malloy, J., Mills, C., Reinking, D., Rogers, A., & Witte, J. at Clemson University.
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New Literacies Research Team* & Internet Reading Research Group†. (2006). Results summary report from the Survey of Internet Usage and Online Reading for School District 06-C (Research Report No. 2). Storrs: University of Connecticut, New Literacies Research Lab. *Including: Castek, J., Coiro, J., Henry, L.A., Lentini, A., & Leu, D.J. at the University of Connecticut. †Including: Carter, A., Malloy, J., Mills, C., Reinking, D., Rogers, A., & Witte, J. at Clemson University.
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New Literacies Research Team* & Internet Reading Research Group†. (2006). Results summary report from the Survey of Internet Usage and Online Reading for School District 04-C (Research Report No. 3). Storrs: University of Connecticut, New Literacies Research Lab. *Including: Castek, J., Coiro, J., Henry, L.A., Lentini, A., & Leu, D.J. at the University of Connecticut. †Including: Carter, A., Malloy, J., Mills, C., Reinking, D., Rogers, A., & Witte, J. at Clemson University.
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New Literacies Research Team* & Internet Reading Research Group†. (2006). Results summary report from the Survey of Internet Usage and Online Reading for School District 01-C (Research Report No. 4). Storrs: University of Connecticut, New Literacies Research Lab. *Including: Castek, J., Coiro, J., Henry, L.A., Lentini, A., & Leu, D.J. at the University of Connecticut. †Including: Carter, A., Malloy, J., Mills, C., Reinking, D., Rogers, A., & Witte, J. at Clemson University.
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New Literacies Research Team* & Internet Reading Research Group†. (2006). Results summary report from the Survey of Internet Usage and Online Reading for School Districts 03-C and 05-C (Research Report No. 5). Storrs: University of Connecticut, New Literacies Research Lab. *Including: Castek, J., Coiro, J., Henry, L.A., Lentini, A., & Leu, D.J. at the University of Connecticut. †Including: Carter, A., Malloy, J., Mills, C., Reinking, D., Rogers, A., & Witte, J. at Clemson University.
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New Literacies Research Team* & Internet Reading Research Group†. (2006). Results summary report from the Survey of Internet Usage and Online Reading for School District 02-C (Research Report No. 6). Storrs: University of Connecticut, New Literacies Research Lab. *Including: Castek, J., Coiro, J., Henry, L.A., Lentini, A., & Leu, D.J. at the University of Connecticut. †Including: Carter, A., Malloy, J., Mills, C., Reinking, D., Rogers, A., & Witte, J. at Clemson University.
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Websites & Videos
Leu, D.J. (2005). The new literacies of the Internet. Video created for WGBH and the Annenberg Foundation as part of a PBS series on reading instruction in grades 3-5. It will appear on PBS (WGBH) and on the Annenberg Channel. Available at http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/teachreading35/session5/index.html
Leu, D.J. (2005). New literacies, reading research, and the challenges of change: A deictic perspective of our research worlds. Video presentation of the Presidential Address presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference. Available at http://www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/nrc/don_leu_2005.html
Leu, D.J. & Reinking, D. (2005-2008). Teaching Internet Comprehension to Adolescents (TICA) website created as part of a collaborative project funded by the Institute of Education Sciences. Available at http://www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/iesproject/
Leu, D.J. (2002). Canter Video Website. Available at http://ctell.uconn.edu/canter/canter_video.cfm
Leu, D.J. & Coiro, J. (2002). The Uconn Literacy Web. Available at http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/ |
