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Article: A look at ... products for language arts teachers.(Technology @ Schools)
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- Multimedia & Internet@Schools
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- March 1, 2005
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I'VE BEEN a reader and a book lover since a very young age, so becoming a high school English teacher, then a reading specialist, and finally a media specialist seemed like a natural progression for me. During this 35-year span, which has included watching my three boys grow to adulthood, I've been dismayed to see the shrinking role that books and reading occupy in young people's lives--from the major role books played in mine to a relatively minor role, and sometimes even an irritant, in theirs. As technology has made itself felt in the form of increasingly sophisticated television programs, movies, video games, computer programs, and Internet-based activities, children ...