While I was reading articles focusing on intrinsic motivation, I also tried to consider extrinsic motivation.  For the more motivated students, all I generally need to do is give them the assignment and they will do it.  However, for the less motivated students, I realize that it is helpful to make sure that my assignments are interesting and meaningful.  One way suggested by Harry Noden in his article "A Journey Through Cyberspace:  Reading and Writing in a Virtual School" is to give the students opportunities to use the internet for their writing.  He uses activities in which students communicate via internet with students from other countries and cultures.  He found that his students became so involved in the internet communication that they gave up their lunchtime and free time to get on-line.  To convince his principal of the importance of internet access, Noden asked him if he could think of a way to get students so excited about writing that they would stand in line to do it.  The principal laughed, so Noden showed him the line of students patiently waiting in line for  a chance to get on the internet (26).  This is exciting to me as a teacher, because I know how much my students enjoy using the internet.  During the writing club, we can only get time in the computer lab about once a month, but when we are there, the students are actively engaged and producing meaningful pieces of writing.   Unfortunately, our computer lab does not have internet access yet, but from Noden's article, I can see the potential when we  do eventually have access.  I think it would be interesting to use peer editing via the internet,  connecting with another writing club from a distant city or state and letting the students work on group projects with their distant partners.