tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10961328.post111305651757523054..comments2023-10-25T01:12:58.485-07:00Comments on Composition Southeast: BehindSharon Geraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01662224997030187062noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10961328.post-1135212772802799412005-12-21T16:52:00.000-08:002005-12-21T16:52:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650437969895490812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10961328.post-1113307078738420772005-04-12T04:57:00.000-07:002005-04-12T04:57:00.000-07:00It's good to see you all are interested (and it's ...It's good to see you all are interested (and it's even good to see that we got you debating all this) in technology.<BR/>But there are always a few things to keep in mind so that you don't get bogged down by the fear of not having "enough" technology.<BR/>It's not a question of the tools.<BR/>It's a question of how the tools shape the ways we communicate, whether or not we use those tools.<BR/>The obvious example is that culture was shaped by print before most people could read and write.<BR/>And we're seeing that today with digital culture. Students come to us with ways of thinking that have been shaped by digital culture (many of us have been shaped by digital culture). It's up to us, the educators, to work with the culture's new needs.<BR/><BR/>But back to the tools/expertise issue which is the one that we usually get most bogged down by: A little goes a long way. The first task anyone faces when looking to teach is to familiarize oneself with the relevant material to go a long way ("I'm not an expert in American Lit - I've been assigned a lit course, what do I need to do to get up to speed"). Once you've done that, regardless of how advanced your tools are, you and the students you work with can do quite a lot. When I first started doing all this 10 years ago or so, we used the most basic web authoring tools. It didn't matter. <BR/>Anyway - the comment section is always a hard place to offer a little bit of response.<BR/><BR/>Jefffabuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688164558952431600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10961328.post-1113305288192524602005-04-12T04:28:00.000-07:002005-04-12T04:28:00.000-07:00Heh. Well, yes. There are plenty of people on my ...Heh. Well, yes. There are plenty of people on my own campus who don't use the resources they do have available. I think it's a lack of confidence more than anything. Technology is like a foreign language to them. When they don't use it, they lose it. Then they feel more and more behind and more and more under-confident all the time.<BR/><BR/>There's no use in "demanding" technology where I work. You can't get blood from a turnip. The state budget cuts have been truly crippling. However, there are such things as grants, and maybe that's an area I need to be investigating.<BR/><BR/>I wish I could find a summer workshop to go to on technology in the English classroom. Now there's a job for some of those guys who are frustrated with the laggers.Sharon Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01662224997030187062noreply@blogger.com