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 * Godwin-Jones, Robert. ****“ EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES WEB-WRITING 2.0: ENABLING, DOCUMENTING, AND ASSESSING WRITING ONLINE.” **

//Language Learning & Technology.// June 2008, Volume 12, Number 2 pp. 7-13.

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= **Abstract** =

In this article, Robert Godwin Jones explores how the Internet has changed the way people write online. For example, there are currently many tools and services available on the Internet that people can’t find on their desktops, such as editing tools like Photoshop Express, OnText, and XStandard. Google has recently invented GoogleDocs, which is one of the most widely used tools for online text editing.

Jones also suggests that it is because of writing sites like MySpace, Facebook, and wikis that students are being encouraged to create online portfolios of their work. One of the drawbacks to creating an e-portfolio on sites like Blackboard, Angel, and desire2learn is that in the future, the documents will have difficulty trasnferring to another system. However, efforts are being made to construct sites that allow documents to last as long as technology advances.

Jones believes that the use of online portfolios can help students improve their writing skills. Those who have trouble with grammar can access sites like spellcheckplus and LanguageTool for free.

** Article Terminology **

** Google Docs ** Online writing and editing ** Multilingual Word Processors and Text ** Editors List for Windows users ** Edit Pad ** Online text editor ** XStandard ** Plug-in WYSIWYG editor ** Textile Web ** Text Generator ** widgEditor ** WYSIWYG editor ** FCKEditor ** Popular rich text editor ** MLEditor ** Multilingual editor ** MTScript ** Multilingual editor ** AbiWord ** Open source word processing ** Spellchecker.net ** Online spelling, grammar, and thesaurus checking (English) ** Markin ** Tool for marking error codes ** BonPatron ** Online grammar checker for French ** Design ** and evaluation of grammar checkers in multiple languages Lessons from Microsoft ** CrossCheck ** Grammar checker for Swedish ** LanguageTool ** Open Source language checker ** Language Tools ** Open source projects ** Office Live Workspace ** Microsoft service ** Google Docs mobile ** An entry page formatted for mobile devices ** Electronic Portfolios ** ** Electronic Portfolios ** Collection of e-portfolios in different formats ** Open Source Portfolio ** Part of the Sakai project ** Mahara ** Open source e-portfolio project ** European Language Portfolio ** ** Validated ELP systems ** Officially sanctioned implementations of ELP ** Global Language Portfolios ** Project from Virginia Commonwealth University ** ePet ** European e-portfolio project ** Standards ** ** HTML 5 ** From W3C ** Cient-side database storage ** Part of proposed HTML 5 ** ContentEditable Demo ** Demo of HTML 5 feature ** Local Browser database ** Example using WebKit/Safari ** SQLite ** Lightweight database engine ** IMS ePortfolio ** Proposed standard for electronic portfolios ** Europortfolio ** Project to coordinate use of portfolios
 * Analysis of Office Live Workspace ** Comparison with Google Docs