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- About Me:
- Carl Young, a former middle and high school English language arts teacher, is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at North Carolina State University. He teaches courses in English methods, teaching composition, and content area reading and writing. He conducts research on Web 2.0 and other technology applications in English education. Other research interests include content area reading and writing strategies, effective language instruction, teaching English in rural and inner-city schools, making the transition from preservice to inservice English teacher, responding effectively to student writing, and integrating critical literacy, technology, and inquiry-based applications into the English language arts classroom. Selected publications have appeared in English Education, English Journal, Journal of Literacy Research, and Reading Psychology. He also serves as the lead editor of the English language arts section of Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education.
- Website:
- http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cayoung2/
Fall, 2008
This semester I am teaching ECI 430 Methods and Materials for Middle Grades English Language Arts and a new pilot course, ECI 496 M, which is geared towards orienting MSL Seniors to new literacies and emerging technologies as well as supporting the development of their program electronic portfolios. I will also be continuing a research focus on teaching language effectively and the potential that a new literacies approach to teaching language has for improving language instruction as a part of a collaborative professional development initiative called the NC Quest Voices of NC Project.
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My wife was very impressed when I cried during the first Spiderman film. However, the source of my emotion was not the romantic complications between Peter Parker and Mary Jane. Instead, it was shear joy at seeing my childhood hero splashed across the big screen in suc… Continue
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