How does technology impact a struggling adolescent students' writing process.

Abstract

Technology is an ever-changing tool for educators. This Masters project was designed to demystify technology and show teachers how struggling writers can be impacted by proper usage of technology in the classrooms. A professional development workshop for educators was designed to share findings from the research findings that examined technology applications in the four stages of writing: Planning, drafting, revising, and publishing . The workshop was based around hands-on group work to foster ideas in the teachers to bring back to their classrooms to better reach those students who struggle with writing. Embracing today‟s students and their technical skills, and how to transfer these skills into a chance for academic is the goal of this project.