• Grabill recommends several good resources on digital writing for teachers.
• He calls for educators to rethink traditional definitions of "writing" in the digital age.
• He also discusses how technologies have made writing much easier.

From the article:

Writing teachers like me (and perhaps like you) have been caught in a tight spot for some time now. On the one hand, computing technologies have radically transformed the meaning of "writing." On the other hand, high stakes assessments and their impact on teaching have limited what counts as writing in school.

As a teacher, I feel pulled in different directions. ...