6A: The value of using ICT to promote writing in Social Studies

Social Studies students are expected to do a lot of writing. They must write notes and are often expected to write essays. I have found that writing has always been a problem for Social Studies students. They struggle in areas such as expression and paragraphing. ICT can be very valuable  for Social Studies students.
 Many Social Studies students do not even know how to begin their essays. Teachers can develop worksheets that give a plan or outline that students can use as a guide when writing their essays. With practice students will be able to create their own outline for their writing.
Exercises such as the 'example jumbled text ' can help students to organize ideas. Students often have very good ideas for their writings but these ideas are sometimes all over the place. An exercise like this will help students to place their ideas in the appropriate paragraphs. Students will learn how to group their ideas.
ICT worksheets will not help students place their ideas in the appropriate paragraphs but will also help them to place their ideas in the correct order in the paragraphs.