Fifteenth Annual Robert and Augusta Finkelstein Memorial Lecture with guest lecturers Dr. Julie Coiro, asst. professor of Reading, URI School of Education and Dr. Donald J. Leu, chair in Literacy and Technology at UCONN and director of the New Literacies Research Lab. As reading shifts from page to screen, R.I. might now consider providing important new direction for our nation in the new literacies of online reading comprehension and learning. Based on recent research, we will explore how the Internet requires additional, new reading comprehension skills and strategies, what these are, and how we might help our students acquire them.