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1. Exploring Classroom Microblogs to Improve Writing of Middle School Students Janie S. Jones and Margaret L. Rice

   • Microblogging ties hand-in-hand with social networking because of the nature of writing and communication modalities with these web-based tools. Messages or microblogging serve as a major component of social networks such as Edmodo, an educational, social media site that employs microblogging.
   • Microblogging consists of short, concise works of writing whether for social or academic purposes and differs from blogs.

2. Mobile Learning to Improve Writing in ESL Teaching Heydy Selene Robles Noriega

   • Mobile learning refers to the acquisition of knowledge through mobile devices. This means that learning takes place anywhere and anytime. Its implementation apparently serves not as a new way to learn languages but rather as a complement to specific learning activities in the educative context (Venkatesh, Nargundkar, Sayed, & Shahaida, 2006; Martin & Ertzberger, 2013).
   • One of the options for mobile learning includes “Podcasts” (audio or video files transmitted through Internet) which are media to show contents and are considered useful to facilitate learning English as a foreign language (McCarthy, 2005) because they allow students to practice their skills outside the classroom.

3. A Mobil-bsed Leaning Tool to Improve Writing Skills of EFL Learners Kong Joo Lee , Jee Eun Kim

   • Recent pervasiveness of mobile computing becomes an attractive motivation for EFL learners. This offers students the opportunity to practice writing on the fly and presents a design of a tool based on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, with easy access to wireless networks, to help students from beginner to intermediate level improve their writing skills in English.

4. Improving Writing Literacies through Digital Gaming Literacies: Facebook Gaming in the Composition Classroom Lindsay Sabatino

   • Composition evolves continuously as new technologies emerge and new generations transform digital literacies. As the concept of literacy is being defined and redefined by the technologies our students use, we as instructors can take advantage of this resource to engage students in the emotion of writing.
   • Through digital literacy, students form networks and learn to relate social media with the information they generate and the audiences they target. This article shows how the areas of composition, such as commitment, problem solving, collaboration and audience, connect with the world of Facebook games.

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