Digital writing has become very popular over the years and is continuing to grow in popularity. Students are very familiar and comfortable using technology since they all have grown up with it. I believe using digital writing such as; powerpoints, Perzis, blogs and creating mind maps are great for students to use and they will learn and be able to recall the information with more ease since they are comfortable with and enjoy using technology. Hicks agrees with alternative projects and that digital writing is good for students, so I believe all teachers should at least give it a try!
Student Diary
Today in class we got to do this fun new writing exercise on the computers. I got to type up a story and add in pictures and we got to record our stories to go with the typing! I had so much fun doing something other than just writing on a sheet of paper. I hope that we get to do more fun writing activities on the computer in the future!