THROUGH THE WRITEABOUT APPLICATION, WRITING BECOMES MORE INTERESTING AND FUN

       
       
       The industrial revolution 4.0, which is in line with the rapid development of information, science and technology, requires experts or education practitioners to immediately transform education, so that our education will survive, if not, then the quality of our education will lag behind other countries, because we are not able to keep up with the times and technology. One of our adaptations to the development of science and technology is by bringing technology into the classroom, namely by using useful applications in learning activities. On this occasion, I will introduce one of the very useful applications in writing, it is WriteAbout.

           WriteAbout is a platform where students can write, give and receive feedback, and publish it either privately or publicly, besides that the teacher can also give advice and input, as well as correction directly to the student's writing.

       Unlike most other writing applications, this application allows us to carry out collaborative activities between students, teachers, and even other communities from around the world. Following are some of the advantages of the WriteAbout application:

• Provide a complete idea feature with a choice of diverse categories
• Insert images in posts
• Comment column and feedback
• Make corrections directly to student writing
• Create your own classes or collaborate with other classes from different countries
• Create students' management
• Filter irrelevant content
• Monitor student learning activities
• Read student statistics and reports

      However, as with other paid applications, to get maximum service, users must upgrade the status first from the free trial to the premium version. But don't worry, because we can still use this application by choosing the free trial version, even though it's free, but the grace period is quite long and the features are quite complete.

       Apart from the shortcomings mentioned above, I think this application remains superior when compared to other applications and of course this application has many advantages that are not found in other applications. After I tried using it, I can say that this application is worth it. Hopefully, this application is useful and your teaching writing activities in your class becomes more interesting and fun. Good luck!