Tools/Word Processors
{{ToolInfo |title=Word Processor - |tagline=Type, collaborate(i) and communicate(i)
|image=Wordpro1.png |description= More than a typewriter, word processing(i) is a way to improve the quality of writing. Word processing allows pupils to reflect on, and improve work they have finished.
Not everyone responds well to a blank screen, hence teachers may provide 'scaffolding' such as a list of questions(i). A writing frame(i) for science might include hints for writing a lab report. It might ask for example, what were you trying to find out? Which results are useful? How do your results explain your idea? ’Why do you think that happened? And these may drive their thinking.
Several ICT tools provide pupils with a wider audience than just the person that marks it. Which means that writing news, a review, a radio script or a campaigning blog(i) can have a real purpose [authentic task]. Several ICT tools like this permit pupils to collaborate}, interestingly working on the same page, over the network.[[:Category:collaborate}, interestingly working on the same page, over the network. |(i)]][[Category:collaborate}, interestingly working on the same page, over the network. |collaborate}, interestingly working on the same page, over the network. ]]
