ABSTRACT
One of the major developments in teaching ELA is the increased focus on use of digital tools for responding to and creating digital/media texts. In one survey, 73% of teachers indicated how that their students employ mobile phones for classroom work; 45% employ e-readers, and 43% employ tablet computers to acquire use of digital and media literacies (Purcell, Heaps, Buchanan, & Friedrich, 2013). Teachers view digital tools as enhancing student writing, with 96% noting that digital technologies “allow students to share their work with a wider and more varied audience,” 79% noting that these tools “encourage greater collaboration among students,” and 78% noting that digital technologies “encourage student creativity and personal expression (Purcell, Buchanan, & Friedrich, 2013, p. 3).
