Find out how to incorporate digital tools into your English language arts class to improve students reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Authors Jeremy Hyler and Troy Hicks show you that technology is not just about making a lesson engaging; it s about helping students become effective creators and consumers of information in today s fast-paced world. You ll learn how to use mobile technologies to teach narrative, informational, and argument writing as well as visual literacy and multimodal research. Each chapter is filled with exciting lesson plans and tech tool suggestions...

Find out how to incorporate digital tools into your English language arts class to improve students reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Authors Jeremy Hyler and Troy Hicks show you that technology is not just about making a lesson engaging; it s about helping students become effective creators and consumers of information in today s fast-paced world. You ll learn how to use mobile technologies to teach narrative, informational, and argument writing as well as visual literacy and multimodal research. Each chapter is filled with exciting lesson plans and tech tool suggestions...

Don't blame technology for poor student grammar; instead, use technology intentionally to reach students and actually improve their writing In this practical book, bestselling authors Jeremy Hyler and Troy Hicks reveal how digital tools and social media - a natural part of students' lives - can make grammar instruction more authentic, relevant, and effective in today's world.

Topics Covered:

• Teaching students to code switch and differentiate between formal and informal sentence styles
• Using flipped lessons to teach the parts of speech and help...