Monroe, Barbara (2003). Learning with Technology. English Journal. 92(3), 116-118.

A teacher gives tips as to how using E-mail In the class can make a teachers work load a bit easier. By using class email to send out notices to the whole class, the teacher is better able to stay in contact with them. Having individual e-mail makes writing and reviewing papers with students easier as both have a written record of the comments and suggestions on how to revise it. As an additional benefit, the e-mail does not have to be done face to face and therefore can be done on hours that you would normally not be able to meet with a student.

Perry, Alan (2003).PowerPoint presentations: A creative addition to the research process.

English Journal. 92 (6), 64-69.

A teacher uses PowerPoint as a secondary aspect in student’s research projects. He finds that by having the students create a PowerPoint project on the same subject as their research paper, and presenting it three weeks before the actual paper is due, more students handed in their papers on time. He also compares two different classes to see if the results are the same between his college prep classes and his tech prep classes. He finds no significant differences between the two classes. They both enjoyed the PowerPoint presentations and thought doing both the PowerPoint and the research paper was too much work.

Pieters, B. (2002). Infusing technology in the English classroom: One teacher's journey. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 2(1).

One teacher who discusses the journey into technology most teachers face. He discussed how technology improves lives in the classroom and ways to incorporate it. HE also discusses the point of Plato being afraid of the technology of his time—writing. Plato feared that people would stop speaking the oral tales. This is then compared to computers and the notion of people stopping reading.