Spring_2012_Digital_Writing_Workshop

Author's Biography (provided by __The Digital Writing Workshop__)
Troy Hicks is an assistant professor of English at Central Michigan University and directs the Chippewa River Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project. There heteaches writing methods courses and offers professional development workshops on writing and technology. His blog, Digital Writing, Digital Teaching, can be found at http://hickstro.org/.

Summary
The Digital Writing Workshop, by Troy Hicks, examines various aspects of implementing a successful digital workshop in your classroom. Throughout this book the reader will discover how to encourage their students' choice and inquiry, help students confer with each other, develop their students craft as authors, publish work in the digital form, and diverse ways to assess their students' work. Hicks emphasizes the importance of developing a student's ability as a writer in addition to their familiarity with the amazing online tools available to them. Writing to a global audience has never been more accessible, and it is our duty as teachers to help children join the conversation!

media type="custom" key="14031406"