Citation: Hawisher, Gail E. and Selfe, Cynthia L. "The Rhetoric of Technology and the Electronic Writing Class." Computers in the Composition Classroom: a critical sourcebook. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2008. 35-45.
Personally, I am biased when it comes to deciding whether or not i should use technology for teaching writing, or should I use only writing samples and one to one tutorial. I feel as though both are important. I find that students pay more attention to my usage of technology and writing skills/notes on the board. If one overbears the other, my students are lost. I am a visual learner myself and if a teacher talks me to death, I fall asleep or my attention span becomes short. I think we live in a time where technology is everywhere, and our students need to be efficient with it. I do agree with Hawisher and Selfe when they explain that a teacher who is not computer savvy can make a terrible mess of a writing classroom. The students have to be able to use the skills on paper and using technology, but most of all they have to understand the concept. All of these steps go back to having a good teacher.
In the future, I will make sure that the technology that I am interested in using is accessible to my students, and easy to use with simple instructions so that my students can be creative and master the skills that i have presented to them.
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