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Middle School Journal

March 2008 Volume 39, Number 4

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Number of articles: 4

  1. Video Games in the Middle School Classroom

    Elizabeth Simpson & Frances A. Clem

    During the fall 2005 semester, an eighth grade teacher in a Laramie, Wyoming, middle school made an urgent plea for more progressive tools for a beginning computers course. Janet Johnson, a veteran... More

    pp. 4-11

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  2. The Authors Gallery: A Meaningful Integration of Technology and Writing

    Deb Martin

    In this article, the author first explains what an authors gallery is and suggests additional uses and modifications. Next, readers are taken through a day-by-day description of creating the... More

    pp. 13-19

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  3. Partnering Peanuts and Word Processors for Research Writing in the Middle Grades

    Jan LaBonty & Sandra Williams

    For six weeks, middle school students gathered information about peanuts from a variety of text and media sources to create an original informative book, thereby combining goals in both technology ... More

    pp. 20-28

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  4. Strategies to Prevent and Heal the Mental Anguish Caused by Cyberbullying

    Janet G. Froeschle, Mary Mayorga, Yvette Castillo & Terry Hargrave

    Few middle school educators have escaped the numerous warnings regarding face-to-face school bullying. While this threat is certainly real, the more common danger inflicted via technology,... More

    pp. 30-35

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