Teachers have no shortage of writing ideas for their classes and are always on the hunt to make things more clear for their students. Many, however, continue to have documents written with MS Word, printed out, and handed in to the teacher. These days, we need to carefully consider whether that is the best way to develop writing skills.
While there is certainly a place for good old-fashioned writing, today I want to look at incorporating the social aspects of writing. To some teachers “above a certain age,” the idea of having your written work out there for all the world to see at the click of a button is still a novelty, but to our students, it’s more and more a part of the native experience, and the idea of having their work visible for the world is about as exciting as watching paint dry.