Exploring the Use of Technology to Facilitate the Writing Process

Revising and editing are essential skills to the writing process. Peer editing is an effective way to help students improve their writing, and introducing students early on to the process of peer editing can be very beneficial to building strong writers. This vignette highlights a project at Fishcreek Elementary (Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools) where teacher Debra Miller mentored a team of first grade teachers in using a document camera to facilitate peer editing.