Date of Award
8-2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
College/School
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department/Program
English
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
Jessica Restaino
Committee Member
Emily Isaacs
Committee Member
Laura Nicosia
Abstract
Educators have long sought the best methods for instructing students in the intricate art of effective written communication. Various technologies, from the pencil to the word processor, have been considered in this endeavor. With the emergence of newer digital technologies that allow students to publish writing directly to the World Wide Web, instructors have begun to explore how best to use this technology for writing instruction. Wikis, in particular, are tools many educators have begun to experiment with when trying to supplement their collaborative writing practices. This study attempts to answer three important questions: have computer-based technologies improved student writing; what is the best method for implementing a computer-based, writing space for students; and how can wikis, the quintessential Web 2.0 technology, be used to support writing instruction? The key component of this study is an action-research based project involving students from two different schools and grade levels who used a wiki to participate in a creative writing project based on Jonathan Swift’s satire “A Modest Proposal.”
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Recommended Citation
Henecker, Bruce Robert, "Student Writing and Composition Instruction Using Web 2.0 : The Problems and Promise of Collaborative Technology" (2008). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 1166.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/1166