Students have grown accustomed to computer word processor like Microsoft word. Some effects of using Microsoft word can be very useful for a student and some effects may not. It is much less stressful to write a paper on Microsoft word than it would be to write it with pen and paper. Today’s technology has help and is still helping student’s today complete assignments for school with the help of computer technology. The use of Microsoft word makes it easy to correct errors and make simple changes to their essay, which makes it easier for a student to complete any assignment or essay for a writing course online.
In Godsey’s study “The effects of using Microsoft word on journal word counts in the high school English classroom” (as cited in Holland, …show more content…
For example, Godsey stated, “Students who participated in online discussion, messages logs and formal produce ten to fifty times more words than traditional students. Mulligan and Geary hypothesize that being forced to produce all class discourse online forces students to speak a variety of written audience and to stimulate more “real-life” concerns” (Godsey, 2000). Using Microsoft word also helps students express their creativity more fluently (Hells, 2001)” a student can type faster than they can write. One of the many effects of using Microsoft word is that students can type more fluently with Microsoft word because their fingers can type faster than what they can write with a pen. Being able to write fluently helps the student in a online class that is using Microsoft …show more content…
For the most part, it is very relieving for students when they are using Microsoft word rather than writing with a pen or paper. Microsoft word takes some stress away from the student because it helps the student write more fluently. As well as helps the students when it coms to making corrections or letter the student know that their sentence is a fragment. Study not only show that students who write using Microsoft word creates more words rather a student who writes with pen and paper. But it also helps the student to be more creative in what they write. Further more it helps the student with their grammatical
In Godsey’s study “The effects of using Microsoft word on journal word counts in the high school English classroom” (as cited in Holland, …show more content…
For example, Godsey stated, “Students who participated in online discussion, messages logs and formal produce ten to fifty times more words than traditional students. Mulligan and Geary hypothesize that being forced to produce all class discourse online forces students to speak a variety of written audience and to stimulate more “real-life” concerns” (Godsey, 2000). Using Microsoft word also helps students express their creativity more fluently (Hells, 2001)” a student can type faster than they can write. One of the many effects of using Microsoft word is that students can type more fluently with Microsoft word because their fingers can type faster than what they can write with a pen. Being able to write fluently helps the student in a online class that is using Microsoft …show more content…
For the most part, it is very relieving for students when they are using Microsoft word rather than writing with a pen or paper. Microsoft word takes some stress away from the student because it helps the student write more fluently. As well as helps the students when it coms to making corrections or letter the student know that their sentence is a fragment. Study not only show that students who write using Microsoft word creates more words rather a student who writes with pen and paper. But it also helps the student to be more creative in what they write. Further more it helps the student with their grammatical