NCTE developed a guideline for written expression for students.
My first reaction was that the topic is very controversial. Students do need to be protected and supervised to an extinct when writing about themselves or personal issues. In some cases, students tend to be inappropriate at times when expressing their feelings. Other students around them are not mature enough to understand the "real world" and they may become harsh toward that student for simply expressing their feelings.
What surprised me about the article was that I was not able to see the parent point of view in the matter. The focus of the article was protecting students from being penalized for expressing their opinion or the life that they are living. The writer made it seem as if the task would be easy to have students back for being creative and expressive.
I am interested in the process as to which educators and leaders will have to go through to accomplish such, and what will the boundaries be for a student. What if the writing causes issues within the school? For example a student expressing that they hate a race, or a gender, or a religion.
There would be several ways that I would revise the article. I would be more detailed and I would not leave my audience curious as to what may happen next or the most interesting part, "controversy". I would explain what other important educators opinions were. The reader needs to know the real story, struggle, and facts. More planning time is needed and research.
Teaching writing with technology is just a faster and easier way for anyone to express themselves. The easier part for some may be the fact that people do not have to know who they are, where they live, or understand their background. Technology is important and teaching it is not bad. There is nothing wrong with being expressive as long as you have some dignity in what you say.
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