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1. Writing of the Future
Abigail Cicione
Mia Tallone
Abby Calfo
Cody Smith
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22. Works Cited
- Technology in the Classroom
- Smart Board
- Ipads
- Typing
- Star Fall
- Social Media
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Blogging
- Video Chat
Editor's Notes
Something that I wrote for my “Technology and Education” blog is as follows: Technology in education is one of the examples of Writing of the Future; now, more than ever before, children are becoming technologically literate at very young ages and are needing technology integrated into their everyday schooling.
In the classroom, SmartBoards can be used for lessons, games, attendance, and so many other important school day activities. Teachers are no longer writing on a chalkboard, instead they are interacting with a SmartBoard and teaching their students to do the same. To tie in with this technology improving Vannevar Bush said “Professionally our methods of transmitting and reviewing the results of research are generations old and by now are totally inadequate for their purpose.”
Bolter said, “The remediations of writing technologies are like those of visual media, particularly in the case of digital media where words and images combine and interact so fully.” Ipads are the perfect example of what Bolter is talking about here. Ipads posses each of these characteristics, they are an example of a remediation of writing technologies.
Students these days are spending a significant amount of time on computers during the school day. They are learning how to type at a young grade and then they are typing lecture notes, homework tasks, assignments, papers, etc. on the computer. Writing with a pencil and paper has almost become extinct in the classroom. Typing games are proven to increase learning through interaction according to a study. I found this here . The author of the article said, “While playing, students are also learning a valuable skill including, increasing hand eye coordination and muscle memory. These are two of the most important elements of mastering touch typing.”
Teachers assign their elementary students tasks/assignments that are on websites instead of handwritten worksheets. For example, the website StarFall, or the software Kidspiration, where the students each have an account, then complete their work and their progress is logged right there. Bolter said “Some educators imagine a classroom which books are replaced by virtual environments.” I completely agree with him on this stance about electronic communication. I have personally been a part of classes with educators/teachers who think this way. Many of my professors have omitted textbooks from their course requirements and only want students to read class materials online.
Technology overpowering classrooms can hinder creativity because students use programs and browse the internet instead of coming up with their own ideas.
Encourage the use of journals in the classroom, such as a daily question, to keep students thinking critically and exploring new ideas.
Keep reading circles in class, include reading aloud and having students reflect on what they read. Reading aloud will also help students with their reading and literacy skills.
Technology causes students to be more introverted and less likely to engage with one another.
While it is impossible to keep all technology from the classroom and the evolution of writing, it is important to keep a balance. Students should be able to learn basic school skills before being completely immersed in the technological word. Children are taught how to operate a computer before they can even write the alphabet.
The benefits of using FaceBook in the classroom are that students and teachers can actively join a group. In this group, they can discuss assignments, questions, and concerns. The class can also share images, links, and any other information with each other.
Twitter has become increasingly popular due to it’s 140 character capacity. This allows students to think critically and narrow down the main point of their message. Other benefits of using Twitter in the classroom is simply interacting with other classmates. You can “tweet” whatever you are feeling and others can comment on your tweet.
Blogging is amazing. It allows you to freely write. There are no rules and no requirements. Blogs are created to convey a message to others. This message can be about any subject. The message can even express feelings . The overall benefit of blogging is communication and sharing your thoughts and feeling with others.
Video chatting has many benefits for the classroom. It allows parents, students, and teachers to interact with each other when the classroom is not available. Video chatting makes it easy to discuss questions and concerns because you are not forced to convey the message through text. You can actually talk about what you need resolved.
Going along with this theme of writing advancements in terms of how it’s changing our chosen fields, we’re able to see how Web 2.0 is allowing greater interactions between writers in the form of blogs.
In this day and age, a great way to acquire readers would be to set a blog and post snippets of your work for the world to see. And why wait? Kevin Kelly mentions in his article that over 50 million blogs exist today.
But what new issues are we creating in the age of blogs? For starters, the sheer volume of useless blogs is drowning out the blogs of intelligent writers trying to get a start. In the O’Reilly article, blogs are referred to as a collective intelligence, though a quick glimpse of what kind of minds inhabit Web 2.0 is enough to make anyone quake.
I offer here today a solution for aspiring authors hell-bent on starting a blog. As a whole, we need to band together to advertise the blogs we find that host masterpieces and lift the authors up. No more will future fans have to trawl through the bottom of the blog barrel for artistic gems.
And what does the future hold for blogging? with technology advancing so rapidly, there’s no telling where the future of writing, and blogging, will lead.
