The Power of Word Processing for the Student Writer
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The use of word processing has a positive effect on students
writing development, and this impact is even more pronounced for
struggling writers. Steve Graham
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Why is Word Processing an Effective Writing Medium?
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Each key stroke results in a legible letter.
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Professional Looking Formats
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Easy to Revise Text
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Work can be produced more quickly.
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Support for the mechanical demands of writing.
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Use other program features in the writing process.
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Text is portable
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Efficient reviewer feedback
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No more lost work?
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Connected to other electronic sources
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Maximizing the Advantages of Word Processing
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The potential advantages of word processing for writing are
minimized and even lost if we do not carefully set the stage for
its use. Steve Graham
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Explicitly taught basic computer operations
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Explicitly taught editing strategies.
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Spell Check
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Time to practice to acquire familiarity, speed and
fluidity
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If a child has to hunt consciously for letters on the keyboard,
this interferes with other writing processes. When this is the
case, students have less cognitive resources to devote to other
writing processes such as planning, monitoring, evaluating and
revising. Steve Graham
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Students should be introduced to typing in 1 st grade. By 2 nd
grade, students should begin regular typing practice. By the end of
2 nd or 3 rd grade, students should be able to type as fast as they
can write by hand. Instruction in typing should be accompanied by
instruction in how to use a word processor. Steve Graham
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Beware! Word Processing can be a time waster.
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Word processing is not a substitute for teaching students the
strategies skills, and knowledge needed to be a skilled writer.
Steve Graham And finally,
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Explicit teaching and practice on how to use the editing
features to revise work let us Practice!
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My friends Wowwy wow wow do I have a lot of friends1 Let me
tell you about them. I have 12 friends and 2 BFFSS They like to
take pictuers,watch movies and play games. If I told you their
names I would fill the whole page beuase altogether I have 14
friends even my teacher is my friend. My friends feel like family
in a way.