This website was designed by four MSU graduate students of the Master of Arts in Educational Technology. Holly Kopp, Katie Bartel, Daniel Thrower and Anna Mattos worked together to research the affordances of digital writing in the classroom. On this website you will find our bibliography and teacher friendly tools and resources for teachers and students. You can also have access to the professional poster created for for the presentation, with all the research data.
Digital writing is more than using a standalone technological tool. Where digital writing distinguishes itself is it combines the writing processes of researching, structuring and organizing information with connecting via the internet to publish, share and collaborate with peers while they work. Digital writing forces students to think both critically and metacognitively on how and why they choose the particular way in which they write their works. It is important to include digital writing in the classroom because it supports learning across all subject areas. Furthermore, use of digital writing fosters technological literacies amongst students, better preparing them for their future.