Annotated Table of Contents: Computers, Writing Instruction and the Future.

Teaching English, How To.... by Raymond Stopper

Part Three: Writing and Speaking

Chapter 12. Computers, Writing Instruction and the Future: How will the computer change writing instruction in the future? I can foresee some changes in the writing program as the result of computer technology, but no essential changes in the nature of the writing process so long as words are the medium of expression. Of course, students can now add pictures to their compositions and even turn them into multi-media presentations with sound and film. Although pictures, sound and film will be fun for the writer and maybe even helpful to the reader in fully grasping the writer's message, they do not replace the need to create unified and coherent text, the difficult, essential skills of writing.