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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/3571954.htm

High-tech classes: Teachers helping students read with online programs, equipment
JENNIFER JEFFERSON, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Staff Writer

A Summer Reading Institute is helping teachers figure out why reading is not so easy for everyone. This year, the answers can be learned using WebCT. "Reading is a process of interacting with actual print. We (teachers) are so sidetracked with teaching them phonics," said Mary Lewis, a special education teacher for Downtown Elementary, which is taking part in the program at Columbus State University. Through the program, 25 teachers from throughout the state are gaining hands-on experience using the textbook dependent online learning system, WebCT, as well as high-tech equipment, to help them look beyond reading problems in children....

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