Analyzing and Theorizing Writing Teachers’ Approaches to Using New Media Technologies

After numerous calls for writing teachers to be critical users of technology, this study take up these calls and empirically examines teachers’ approaches to using new media in teaching FYW classes. Findings of this mixed-method study show that while 23% of participants (N = 146) appeared to be critical users of technology, they are outnumbered by instrumental users. I argue that these findings indicate a gap in the availability and...