While reading this article I was forced to reflect my own classroom and staff development sessions. Selfe opens her conversation of technology and literacy by giving me a mental picture of the attitudes of her colleagues . This made me laugh because my meetings don't go much different. For some reason educators are afraid of the future. They struggle to change their old habits and techniques because of the, "comfort zone". The reading made me pay attention to several issues such as, Selfe recounting the frightening history of technology in federal educational policy. She points out the institution of government efforts to increase the use of computers in the classroom. Importantly, we are reminded through this article that we need to investigate the technologies we use before asking students to use them. We also need to be aware that money for technology may not be going to the ends we initially expect and may be doing more to maintain the status than to open new opportunities, and that technological literacy does not imply literacy or eligibility for higher paying jobs.
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