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Published Research Articles

There have been several articles written related to The Miss Rumphius Award winners.

The Miss Rumphius Effect: Envisionments for Literacy and Learning That Transform the Internet by Donald Leu, Deborah Diadium Leu, and Rachel Karchmer.
This article studies how teachers and students create new envisionments for literacy and learning using technology. These new visions are then shared with other classrooms by being made available on the Internet. The article goes on to describe the many ways teachers can exchange ideas using the Internet including collaborative projects, mailing lists, and central sites for stories of teachers' journeys.

The journey ahead: Thirteen teachers report how the Internet influences literacy and literacy instruction in their K-12 classrooms by Rachel Karchmer
The purpose of this study was to explore 13 K-12 teachers' reports of how the Internet influenced literacy and literacy instruction in their classrooms. Through interviews, reflective journals, web pages, and lesson plans, teachers reported on the appropriateness and accuracy of Internet material and publishing student work on the Internet.

Our Children's Future: Changing the Focus of Literacy and Literacy Instruction by Donald Leu
This article explains why teachers need to use technology in the classroom because the world is ever changing. The article also describes how there is a great need for literacy leadership in this time of great technological advances.

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