ERIC Number: EJ1111887
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1535-0517
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Facilitating the Quest: A Case Study of Three Technologies in an EAPP Writing Classroom
Calvert, Kelley
CATESOL Journal, v25 n1 p106-117 2013-2014
As the web continues to morph, creating a more interlinked, connected, and hybridized human experience, educators are experiencing a generational shift in terms of comfort with technology. The number of technologies becoming available to students and teachers is dizzying. Within the array of possibility, this research considers three technological applications that facilitate the teaching and learning of writing: a writing blog, a word-of-the-day forum, and a storytelling grammar/style iMovie. In this exploratory research in a single graduate-level English for Academic and Professional Purposes (EAPP) classroom, pre- and postactivity surveys seem to suggest that students found technological tools helpful in gaining and retaining writing skills.
Descriptors: Case Studies, Writing Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology, Graduate Students, English for Academic Purposes, English for Special Purposes, Writing Skills, Pretests Posttests, Generational Differences, Electronic Publishing, Web 2.0 Technologies, Documentaries, Story Telling, Story Grammar, Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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