WWUD?

If you had to teach kiddos how to write and didn't know a thing about writing,

Most likely you would learn anything you could about teaching writing.  You would read books.  Attend workshops.  Seek out advice from colleagues.  Request guidance and/or support from your school's literacy coach and/or administrator.  You would do anything you could to teach your students this valued curriculum piece.  Why would you do this? 

• Your students need to learn how to write well.
• Writing is part of the curriculum.
• It is your responsibility to deliver the curriculum.
• Writing is a valued part of literacy.
• You want your students to write well so that they are effective communicators after they leave your classroom, your school, your district.
• Writing is a life skill, one necessary to be successful in most professions and/or fields.
• Writing is used in everyone's daily life.

When will the same respect be given to technology?