Whether a teacher uses word processing to help students learn peer response or has students create websites which present their findings and arguments, information technologies can be adopted in a variety of ways in the classroom. At the heart of the adoption of technologies, however, lies our pedagogical goals of helping students to become better writers. The ASU Composition Programs is working to use technology in order to create better classroom environments and to provide different learning opportunities. By thoughtfully and critically including technologies into our writing classrooms, we hope to help students do the following things:

• Further develop their critical thinking and writing skills;
• Critically evaluate the use of technology;
• Use technology to help accomplish their writing goals
• Interact with their peers and others inside and outside of class in order to better understand multiple positions on topics and to analyze and synthesize those positions;
• Provide peer response to others and receive feedback on their writing;
• Broaden their understandings of research methods;
• Communicate with audiences outside of the classroom, when appropriate;
• Use electronic class discussions to engage in a collaborative working environment;
• Publish their writing, when appropriate.