How to apply digital writing skills effectively in the classroom, from the prestigious National Writing Project As many teachers know, students may be adept at text messaging and communicating online but do not know how to craft a basic essay. In the classroom, students are increasingly required to create web-based or multi-media productions that also include writing. Since writing in and for the online realm often defies standard writing conventions, this book defines digital writing and examines how best to integrate new technologies into writing instruction. <ul>
<li>Shows how to integrate new technologies into classroom lessons</li> <li>Addresses the proliferation of writing in the digital age</li> <li>Offers a guide for improving students' online writing skills</li> </ul>
The book is an important manual for understanding this new frontier of writing for teachers, school leaders, university faculty, and teacher educators.

Because Digital Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Online and Multimedia Environments

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Hicks, Troy

National Writing Project

DeVoss, Danielle Nicole

Eidman-Aadahl, Elyse

Words, Language & Grammar

Jossey-Bass

Because Writing Matters examines the myths and realities surrounding the teaching of writing in schools. This important book reveals how kids learn to write, what schools need to do to teach writing effectively, and shows that effective writing teachers address more than content and skills. Sponsored by the National Writing Project, a nationally recognized organization for teachers, Because Writing Matters offers step-by-step recommendations for developing effective writing programs in all grades. Each of the book's action steps is prioritized from the easily achieved to the larger and longer term.

Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools

Nagin, Carl

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

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Literature & Fiction

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Writing for a Change: Boosting Literacy and Learning Through Social Action

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