Swales Model HW

The future of the writing process is a very important subject to many people. After all, we want our future to be better than us, right? We want our kids and our grand kids to be better writers than we are today. It is important to know what the most beneficial way to improve the writing process. Do computers help increase the writing process? This is the question that I am examining. Many generalize that it doesn’t help the writing process because the writing process starts with pen and paper. There is more to writing than just using pen and paper because what you are actually writing is part of the writing process as well. Computers have made research today much easier and help children write faster and more efficiently. Students can use their sources on the internet to enforce what they are writing. Also, researchers have found that there is more motivation from students to write when using computers, therefore enhancing the amount of writing and the writing process. These are just some of the many arguments that can be made in the computers defense. Experiments, surveys, observations, and much more have been conducted by researchers to find the answer to this intriguing question. The truth is that nobody has found the correct answer yet. The main problem in the research is that nobody that has educational power has done anything about the research found. As far as the actual research goes, many issues can occur that could cause the information to become invalid. For example, you would need to observe students that have about the same IQ if you are comparing if the computer helps the writing process or if it doesn’t. The purpose of my essay is to inform readers about what has been found on this topic and what still needs to be done in order for actions to be made. I located many case studies previously conducted by researchers doing different experiments to help find the answer to this question. By the end of this essay, you should be informed about what has been found about computers and how they affect children’s writing process, and what can still be done. I will first inform you of what has previously been found on this topic, and then share my research with you of a few case studies I found including both sides of the argument, and finally I will end my essay with concluding all the information I shared and express my feelings once again on this topic. I hope to inform more people about my research and what can still be done to make changes happen.