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Stay ahead of the curve with these fresh ideas for engaging adolescents through today's new media! Learn to make technology work for you with this guide to integrating hypermedia into your content area curriculum. Authors Susan O'Hara and Bob Pritchard navigate the virtual learning waters with you, demonstrating how to utilize meaningful hypermedia to develop students' content area vocabulary. Their strategies are concrete and research-based and provide a wealth of ways you can engage your students in building vocabulary as they create their own hypermedia applications. A CD-ROM of authentic classroom scenarios, internet links, and video demonstrates the techniques and tools discussed in the book and lets you see how the authors' ideas can work with your students. In this increasingly technological age, students are often out on the cutting edge all alone; teachers and schools may not reach adolescents through the tools those learners use more and more. Don't let technology outpace your instruction; let Susan and Bob show you how to make the best use of hypermedia today.

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Dr. Susan O'Hara is an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Sacramento State University. Her research focuses on using technology as a tool to positively impact the science, math and academic language skills of all students. Dr. O'Hara has co-authored articles for numerous journals, including the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and has co-authored a book titled NETS Grades 6-8 Multidisciplinary Resource Units, published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Dr. Robert Pritchard is Professor of Education and Chair of the Department of Teacher Education at California State University, Sacramento. He has been a teacher educator for twenty years, working extensively with teachers in both pre-service and in-service settings. A past President of the California Reading Association, Dr. Pritchard is also active in professional organizations such as the International Reading Association. Dr. Pritchard served as a classroom teacher for thirteen years. His professional experiences and academic preparation have made him a popular speaker at school, district and county level staff development sessions for teachers and administrators.

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