fnopress.com Writing: From Start to Finish © 2000 JMcKenzie, all rights reserved. What are the most effective ways of improving student writing with word processing, writing as process, cluster diagramming and the 6 Traits approach to writing? Go to Sample Lessons Even though many adult writers have found that composing on a computer dramatically improves their writing, few students are given opportunities to compose with a keyboard. While electronic writing might help our students be stronger writers, it remains in most places an unfinished promise. Few schools provide enough access to computers for the 6-10 half hour sessions needed to complete a writing assignment From Start to Finish. Students are more apt to spend hours learning to keyboard or to develop multimedia presentations than they are developing thoughtful pieces of writing. Often they are not allowed to use a word processor until the final draft of their papers. They do all the early writing with the old technology of a pen or pencil, thereby losing out on the advantages of electronic text. This site is produced by Jamie McKenzie Editor of From Now On fno.org © 2000, J. McKenzie, all rights reserved. These pages may not be duplicated or distributed in any manner without express permission. Site Index