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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 8
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Let Them Have Their Cell Phone (And Let Them Read to It Too): Technology, Writing Instruction and Textual Obsolescence
Shahar, Jed
Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, v19 n4 p415-422 2012
Cell phone ubiquity enables students to record and share audio file versions of their essays for proofreading purposes. Adopting this practice in community college developmental writing classes leads to an investigation of both writing as a technology and the influence of modern technology on composition and composition pedagogy.
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Influence of Technology, Proofreading, Essays, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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