How I would integrate Word Processing into the classroom. The Greatest thing about Word Processing is that it is a canvas for the painting of ideas. It's realitively free and open for creation for any student. All you have to do is inspire them to create.
Word Processing now can be used not for just creating essays but can be a tool to create a masterpiece of information and artistic design. One plan of mine is small project can be started at the beginning of the year, lets say a journal, on a subject. Students can add to it daily, weekly, monthly, during directed working periods or during free time if they are creating something they enjoy. One Paragraph per day can add up to be 180 paragraphs over a school year or at 4 paragraphs a page that turns into a 45 page paper single spaced.
The coolest thing about word processing now it that you can add pictures, graphs, equations, color, design, codes, and much more. No longer are students restricted to just writing on paper and pasting things together... now they can copy and paste them using a word processing program to create an idea or thought into something tangable. This is also the downfall of word processing.
With word processing being so easy to copy and paste students must be taught not abuse the power of word processing. Word processing can be an instument of good teaching the NET-S of Creativity and Innovation, Communication and Collaboration, and Research and Information Fluency but most importantly we must emphasis - Digital Citizenship. Most importantly "advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology"(NET-S) must be empasized. It makes me sick of hearing students and professionals deliberatly plagerizing and having others do there work using the power of word processing. Giving references or Give credit where credit is do is easy and helpful on explaining yourself and ideas to others. Delibertly having someone do your work is just wrong. Without teaching Digital Citizenship and respecting others work students can learn the evils of technology instead of the good.
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