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o most people, the word “writing” means words on paper, prose in sentences and paragraphs. And from this perspective, computers (or any technology) are incidental to writing, simply a means of producing it but not actually part of the art of writing. But not to us.
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nstead view writing as a process of discovering meaning or knowledge, not as simply a way to present it
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s consider one aspect key to the role of technology in writing: the question of the scope of "writing." What is included when we say "writing?" From a rhetorical viewpoint, writing concerns not only the words on the page (the product), but also concerns the means and mechanisms for production (that is, process, understood cognitively, socially, and technologically); mechanisms for distribution or delivery (for example, media); invention, exploration, research, methodology, and inquiry procedures; as well as questions of audience, persuasiveness, and impact.
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However, in networked realms, the arrangements that students need to understand and be able to produce must fluidly account for the cultural conventions of textual organization,
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there isn’t one set of arrangements that we can teach students
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Technologies also change the very ways that meaning is made, the shape of thoughts that appear on the screen. Writing as a technology works by placing letters side-by-side in some order on the page.
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The tools of writing (e.g. alphabet, word, sentence, etc.) make possible the objectification of language because "scripts provide a model for speech" not the other way around. Writing makes meta-linguistic knowledge possible, in other words, and that’s hugely important to learning and teaching.
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If writing does this for speech, imagine the kinds of meta-semiotic knowledge developed when composing with multiple media
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Writing isn’t just scripting text anymore. Writing requires carefully and critically analyzing and selecting among multiple media elements.
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Tami BrassWe think that if you are reading this, you are not someone who needs to hear the answer to the overriding question posed: Why Teach Digital Writing? Rather, you are someone who needs to construct an answer to the question, for many different audiences, ov
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Will RichardsonWriting instruction must equip students with the tools, skills, and strategies not just to produce traditional texts using computer technology, but also to produce documents appropriate to the global and dispersed reach of the web. This change requires a
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