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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> January/February 2016<br /> Volume 33, Issue 4<br /> Closing the<br /> Digital Divide<br />  What educators can do to help<br /> bridge the technology skills gap<br />  Teaching students to become<br /> responsible digital citizens<br />  Top tech tools for the inclusive<br /> classroom<br /> Coming February 2016!<br /> List Price: $34.95, *Your Price: $27.95,<br /> 256 pages, N16101-978-1-5063-1126-5<br /> List Price: $34.95, *Your Price: $27.95,<br /> 224 pages, N16101-978-1-5063-3944-3<br /> Prove to your students that writing counts in our<br /> world—and always has—with 50 lessons from great<br /> writers in American History!<br /> Download a free lesson at corwin.com/MastersLesson<br /> Also by Gretchen Bernabei:<br /> Craft purposeful instruction pitched to your readers'<br /> comprehension capacities, your curriculum's themes,<br /> and your own assessments of what students need next.<br /> Also by Douglas Fisher and<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY January/February 2016 Volume 33, </a> <a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=2"> Coming February 2016! 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As the state educatio</a> <a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=40"> GLOBAL IMPACT Maura C. Ciccarelli (mauraciccarell</a> <a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=41"> to submit applications for ILA's grant program, G</a> <a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=42"> EVENTS JANUARY 2016 28–29 Asian Literacy Con</a> <a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=43"> Lead the way in 21st-century literacy education. </a> <a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=44"> MEMBER news & notes SPO</a> <a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=45"> Michele Paine, assistant principal at Flathead Hi</a> <a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=46"> MEMBER reflections SPOTLIGHT LEARNING ALONGSIDE </a> <a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=47"> Teach your students A Mindset for Learning We </a> <a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2016 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/800584ef?page=48"> Help struggling readers at every age and every st</a>