Running head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Annotated Bibliography
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RDG 528 - Integrating Writing
Emily Ann Camp
Texas A&M Commerce
July 3, 2015

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Applebee, A., & Langer, J. (2013). Technology and the Teaching of Writing. In Writing
instruction that works: Proven methods for middle and high school classrooms (pp. 111129). Teachers College Press.
Technology surveys are difficult to do because technology changes rapidly. Many
children use technology today. Word processing can help the quality, length, and boost
the amount of revisions in the writing of under-achieving students (112). Word
processing has become common in colleges and in the workplace. Students are less apt
to use word processors for their first drafts, but are more prone to use word processors
for editing, revising, and publishing their writing. Teachers now allow students to
present work in various forms with technology with huge success.
Burrow, L., & Smith, S. (2014). Updating and Upgrading Early Elementary School Writing
Experiences with Storytelling and Technology. Perspectives and Provocations, 1(1).
Retrieved July 1, 2015, from
http://www.earlychildhoodeducationassembly.com/updating-and-upgrading-earlyelementary-school-writing-experiences-with-storytelling-and-technology.html
Digital storytelling allows students to be innovative. It allows students to be more
creative and for their storytelling to be more visual, multimodal, and sharable. Digital
animation using an app such a Sock Puppets can help shy students use dramatization in
their story telling. Digital story telling promotes effort and increases the probability for
students to take risks.
Eaton, K. (2012, September 19). Daily Journal Writing Without the Inconvenience of Paper. New
York Times, p. B10. Retrieved July 2, 2015, from
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/technology/personaltech/daily-journal-writing-

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without-the-inconvenience-app-smart.html?_r=0
Day! The Best Story of Mine is an iOS app that promotes journal writing. You can use
photos, symbols, and change the background according to your mood. Its convenient
because you can use the app on any iOS device. Journal entries can easily be shared
through Dropbox or e-mailing. You may only make one entry per day. The date, time,
and weather can very easily be added to your journal entry. You can also password
protect your journal.
Graham, S., Bollinger, A., Booth Olson, C., DAoust, C., MacArthur, C., McCutchen, D., &
Olinghouse, N. (2012). Teaching elementary school students to be effective writers: A
practice guide (NCEE 2012-4058). Washington, DC: National Center for Education
Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education. Retrieved from
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/writing_pg_062612.pdf
Increasingly, the ability to use technology is vital for success in school and
contemporary life. This requires that students learn to type and use a word processor, use
the Internet to collect information, navigate computer- and web-based testing tools, and
understand how different writing conventions apply to different media (Graham). When
teachers get the appropriate permission they can safely allow students to post/publish
their own writing on classroom blogs.
Heitin, L. (2011). Writing Re-Launched: Teaching with Digital Tools. Education Week, 4(2), 3434. Retrieved July 2, 2015, from
http://www.edweek.org/tsb/articles/2011/04/04/02digital.h04.html
The reason why writing is sometimes not taught with technology is because teachers

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have a lack of resources, lack of training, or from the pressures of testing. Glogster,
Wordle, and the Puppet Pals app are some of the ways that students are using technology
to assist or publish their writing. Animoto, Google Docs, Wallwisher, and Wikispaces are
great resources for teachers that are beginning to implement technology into their
writing classroom.
John, C., & Jeffs, T. (2001, May 1). Emerging Reading and Writing Strategies Using Technology.
Teaching Exceptional Children, 61-67.
Castellani says, With electronic text, teachers, parents, and tutors can easily change its
size, appearance, and layout to accommodate a students particular needs. Text reading,
text predictiong, text formatting software can be very beneficial to students. The internet
promotes authentic learning by allowing students to pick text to read that they are
interested in.
Purcell, K., Buchanan, J., & Friedrich, L. (2013). The Impact of Digital Tools on Student Writing
and How Writing is Taught in Schools.
A survey of middle and high school teachers revealed that, 96% agree (including 52%
who strongly agree) that digital technologies allow students to share their work with a
wider and more varied audience. 79% agree (23% strongly agree) that these tools
encourage greater collaboration among students. 78% agree (26% strongly agree) that
digital technologies encourage student creativity and personal expression (Purcell).
Technology helps students to be more invested in their writing and more engaged in the
writing process.
Stanberry, K. (2010, February 1). Assistive technology tools: Writing. Retrieved July 2, 2015,
from http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/writing-tools/

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Assistive technology is available to those who struggle with writing. Abbreviation

expanders allow writers to create, store, and reuse abbreviations for words and phrases
that are used repeatedly. Alternative keyboards can help writers with learning disabilities
by grouping certain keys by color. Graphic organizers; such as, Kidspiration can help
writers organize their thoughts. Proof-reading software can help with spelling, grammar,
punctuation, word usage, and sentence structure. Speech recognition software and
electronic dictionaries can help those with poor spelling.
Truby, D. (2015, April 3). Awesome Apps for the Six Traits of Writing. Retrieved July 2, 2015,
from http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/04/03/awesome-apps-for-the-sixtraits-of-writing
Ideas apps include Story Wheel, which is a digital storytelling app that allows students to
spin a wheel and then narrate the picture that the wheel lands on. Students can continue
the story by spinning the wheel and continuing to narrate. The Brainstormer and A+
Writing Prompts are writing prompt apps that would work best in the high school
setting. SimpleMind+, Outline Pro, and Storybuilder for iPad are great apps for
organization. Voice apps are Sock Puppets and In A World Drama. Sentence fluency
apps are SpeechPrompter, Talking Tom Cat, and Sentence Maker. Word choice apps are
Mad Libs, Bluster!, Same Meaning Magic, and Vocabador. Conventions apps are
Grammar Jammers and Painless Grammar Challenge.
Yancey, K. (2004, October 1). Using Multiple Technologies to Teach Writing. Educational
Leadership, 38-40.
One new element in this expanded writing curriculum is helping students acquire what
I call textured literacythe ability to comfortably use and combine print, spoken, visual,

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and digital processes in composing a piece of writing (Yancey). Students need to have
the ability to write using pencil and paper and using technology. The way we teach
writing must change to keep up with an every changing world.