Giambatista Vico Vico focuses on the study methods of the ancients and modern times. His views discuss how present study methods are better than the study methods of the past, and ways in which the inferior study methods of the…
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Commentary – Week Three
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Reading Response – Week 3 Xing Lu and Lu Xie have given useful insights on Chinese Rhetoric. Both the writers focused on translation, hermeneutics and also elaborating on a Western approach to Chinese rhetoric. Hermeneutics is the translation of historical…
Hearing the distant voices
by dhamilton3 • • 1 Comment
Distant Voices. Ironically, in this class that’s all I seem to be able to hear because of the huge computer screens every student sits in front of. The topic of the pros and cons of technological advances in our schools…
Thoughts inspired by Emig
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Writing is a learned behavior and talking is natural. This phrase from Janet Emig’s article, “Writing as a Mode of writing” really sticks out for me today. It doesn’t take any training to speak, but it does take learning to…
Emig and the defense of technology.
by Kristen Phipps • • 1 Comment
After reading all of this week’s articles and talking to several classmates I was struck by many people’s resistance to the advance of technologies in the classroom and the promotion of technology as an avenue for learning composition. While I…
Education and Technology
by Kristen Phipps • • 1 Comment
I found the arguments put forth in Anson’s article, “Distant Voices” intriguing, however, I wonder how much of it is driven by fear of change and the loss of the “academic institution”. I have experienced almost every form of education…
Teachers, students, creators and golems
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As I was reading Corvino’s article, I could not help but relate the issue of the golem as grammar to students and teachers. “That is, the creator of the golem is obliged to ensure its obedience and restrict its development,…
A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing
by Kristen Phipps • • 1 Comment
Finally!!!! An essay that truly resounds and makes sense to me. Linda Flower and John Hayes’s essay “A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing” coherently and logically describes the methods in which the process of writing takes place. Through the use…
Writing as a Mode of Learning
by Kristen Phipps • • 3 Comments
Janet Emig’s article, “Writing as a Mode of Learning” described the ways in which she considered writing to be a unique form of learning compared to other modes of talking, listening, and reading. She categorized writing into two categories. Writing…
“Distant Voices”
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“Distant Voices” “Distant Voices” is interesting. As many of the school districts that have the means to do so, are using technology to enhance teaching, those that don’t are relying on Government subsidies in order to try for some…