Lest We Think the Revolution is a Revolution: Images of Technology and the Nature of Change By: Cynthia L. Selfe
Section 1: pages 292-294
Paragraph 1: These days all English teachers really want to talk about are the change that is happening with technology.
Paragraph 2: It is thought that technology has become its own type of subject, and just as important as science, math or English.
Paragraph 3: Technology has its benefits when it comes to different things, but the fear that people have changes the technological change that is happening right before our eyes.
Paragraph 4: Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses when it comes to technology, but we still have a lot to learn about technology.
Paragraph 5: It is said to believe that the technological change that is happening leads to a productive social change.
Paragraph 6: Technological change is such a big part in social change that they want to embrace the use of technology.
Paragraph 7: Americans believe that computers/technology can make the world a better place to live in.
Paragraph 8: Computer networks can support more citizens in their efforts to communicate with the government, technology will establish new kinds of electronic forums that will support women and other groups that are now often left out.
Paragraph 9: The exclusive focus on the positive change with technology that often distracts educators from recognizing how existing social forces that actually work, technology is often viewed as optimism but it has potent fears.
Paragraph 10: Technology is seen to have created a cultural belief
Paragraph 11: Our feelings are being played with by different Ads and the technology that we
use.
Confronting Revised Narratives: 321-322
Paragraph 1: Technology is taught by teachers to ensure their students understand the world and can enter a profession with strong values.
Paragraph 2: Everyone says that technology comes’ social progress but that’s not necessarily true, because technology does not necessarily bring social progress.
Paragraph 3: Technology will recognize that the importance of educating students to be critically informed technology scholars rather than simply expert technology users.
Paragraph 4: Even though it’s hard to make change we have to work for that change.
Quote:
In Virgin Sound and Records view “Americans use technology to become world travelers, to learn about/and acquire knowledge of other cultures, while remaining comfortably situated within their own living rooms…” (296,297/par. 3) I believe that Virgin Sound and Records have an interesting stand point to this statement. I agree with their statement, I have experiences being a world traveler through technology. I love being able to research everything about that one place I am not able to visit.
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--Mary Hammerbeck, Instructor of Eng 100
As students of Eng 100, you will use this blog to begin conversations with other academic writers on campus (students and instructors alike). We become active readers of each other’s writing when we comment on posts here. And, best of all, we are using this space to share ideas! We encourage you to use this blog to further think through the topics and writing strategies you will be introduced to this quarter. As always, be sure to give credit to those people whose ideas you borrow for your own thinking and writing (you should do this in the blog by commenting on their post, but you will also be required to cite what you borrow from your peers/instructors if and when it winds up in your essays. More details on that later…).
Finally, keep in mind that writing to and for this audience is a good way to prepare for the panel of readers (faculty at WCC) who will be reading and assessing your writing portfolio at the end of the quarter. We hope that as a large group of active readers, we can better prepare each other for this experience. But, in the meantime, let’s have fun with it! I am really excited see how far we can take this together!
--Mary Hammerbeck, Instructor of Eng 100
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