Although argued that technological access should be free and available to all, a newer round of hype concerning the economic distancing of upper and lower classes in society involves computer literacy. Ellen Seiter’s “Practicing at Home: Computers, Pianos, and Cultural…
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Selber, Ch 3. Cultural Literacy
by Jeong Kinser • • 2 Comments
This chapter reading helped me understand the fact that writing and communication that are quite related to computer literacy programs to develop valuable and professionally accountable pedagogy. In this chapter 3, Critical literacy, Selber describes computers as cultural artifacts and…
Participation, Compensation, and Conciliation: A Mash-Up Dilemma
by Anne Engert • • 0 Comments
Mirko Schafer’s “Participation Inside” brings up some intriguing issues relating to web 2.0. In the section devoted to discussing the increasing presence of user-driven activities tied to proprietary platforms, Schafer focuses on the Star Wars fan community and its creations…
Subsidiarity and Generativity: Two Important Concepts
by Mike • • 0 Comments
Today, computer use is viewed from a functional perspective; do mundane tasks more efficiently i.e. word processing, more appealing visual presentations. Technology should be viewed as part of our culture; related to Zittrain’s generativity concept. The computer, PC, and Internet…
Power Down Folks!
by lminnis209 • • 1 Comment
I read Ellen Seiter’s article about computer usage in the classroom and I could not argue with anything the women says I really agree with what she puts forth as a huge gap in education today. The fact that we…
Electronic Portfolio
by rhetdezigner • • 0 Comments
http://rhetdezigner.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/electronic-portfolio.pdf or here is the link to the CSTAN page http://www.csustan.edu/agstudies/internships.html
Scouting Report: Project Gutenberg
by kmontero • • 0 Comments
Although this report involved a minimal amount of scouting, the archive I discovered this past year is and has been revolutionizing internet users’ access to literature on the web. After thoroughly exploring the site and personally utilizing it for the…
Pianos and Computers–What’s the Real Game Here?
by Anne Engert • • 0 Comments
As I read Ellen Sieter’s article “Practicing at Home: Computers, Pianos, and Cultural Capital,” I found myself having trouble with her arguments on several levels—beginning with the analogy she draws between the current push for schools to teach computer literacy…
Using Blogs in the Classroom
by Ryan • • 1 Comment
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have defined literacy as “the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts.” They go on to say that “literacy involves…
Friend sites: How to express hatred without words
by Mariana • • 0 Comments
It’s funny that Kim posted these videos about the social problems that leak from the digital world into the real world through websites like Facebook because just this week one of my friends on Facebook posted this: For those of…