This action research describes the experience carried out with seventh graders in the English as a foreign language classroom at a public school in Bogota, Colombia, from 2013 to 2014. The study proposes the inclusion of a virtual environment to teach English as a foreign language through the implementation of five online writing workshops which were placed in the platform Edmodo. Data was collected to show how the implementation of those five online workshops enhanced students of seventh grade to improve their writing skills, making use of the links provided, the models presented and the step by step instructions given in each workshop. It shows that the use of online workshops improved students’ writing skills in early stages. The online workshops involved students into a virtual learning environment where they made use of technology, interacted among themselves and with the teacher as well.