Bringing New Literacies into the Content Area Literacy Methods Course

Source:  Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2007, pages 92-99.

The article describes a content area reading and writing course designed for secondary preservice teachers who are in a wide range of disciplines. Most students have not completed a methods course modeling integration of technology that demonstrates possibilities for their own classroom teaching. The course is designed for multiple objectives emphasizing the uniqueness of each subject and the need to construct a technology model that is discipline specific.