Sarah Barten

Barten's "Writing, Integrating Technology" project helps students improve their writing skills through the use of laptop computers. Through a word processing program, students learn sentence structure, grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. The computer program makes it easy for the children to see their mistakes and work with an editing partner to correct the errors. Since making corrections is so easy, students are not intimidated to articulate their ideas. By the end of the school year, students have developed strong writing skills and are capable of creating school newsletters and other published materials.