Kate Kiefer, the author of “Do student lose more than they gain in online writing classes” argues specific points that writing courses may not work well online. Kiefer also presents the importance of traditional classroom communication. Kiefer argues whether student’s benefit from online writing courses and feel they can be trapped by their constrained understanding of writing and finish the course with less awareness of the contexts of writing than their counterparts in a traditional classroom. Kiefer also discuss classroom support software such as WebCT and Blackboard, which are not designed with writing teachers in mind, and the design of software is the new advancement of technology for teachers to post lecture materials. She reveals …show more content…
If students have posted on the bulletin board for electronic conversation, they will sometimes read the posting or sometimes not. Keifer argues that by the time students read and to respond to a post the time has passed and at which point the issue seems dead. Keifer is concern that some students do not have the tools needed to submit work in the allot time, some students are borrowing computer time from friends or using a public computer at a coffee shop or library. When student have to add to these constraints due to family, work and other obligations that keep them tied to schedules which do not allow for frequent trips to college campus. With the lack of computer access, the chances of spending ample time online to engage in extended interaction with their professor or other peers writing contexts diminish over more. Although, students take away some writing experience, Keifer argues frustration by what many students miss in her online
Many colleges have failed in achieving the perfect education by the excessive use of technology. Hacker and Dreifus support the use of technology in many cases, such as having interactive question where the software can give the chance to review your work or giving hints to find the right answer (182). Nevertheless, they are completely aware that the use of technology needs to be supported by a good instruction inside the classrooms (183). The University of the Ozarks’ technological resources out of class are a great advantage to improve the learning process in students’ free time. Online discussions, submitting assignments, and taking online tests are the most common online activities for students in this university, this activities challenge the knowledge acquired in class. Moreover, using technology outside the classroom provides the opportunity to use all the class time to go on new topics, to discus, and to answer questions. Nevertheless, the University of the Ozarks is not using all its technological resources appropriately. Most of the classrooms are provided with interactive boards, speakers, and projectors that are hardly ever used. If the university used every technological resource at its maximum, the positive results of learning would
Wise choices require effective thinking and effective thinking requires some previous knowledge. In the article “The Civil Classroom in the Age of the Net,” Dr. P.M. Forni states that over the past three generations, there has been a decrease of civility in the classrooms, from grade school through college. A synonym for “civility” is courtesy. Teachers and professors have lost respect from their students and have noticed unruly student behavior. This is the result of the new developing digital technology. Because the Net is available at anytime and at any place, Forni believes that students feel that learning or paying attention in class is no longer crucial to their education. To what extent are the author’s writing strategies effective in making his case that the Net has caused this deteriorating relationship? More specifically, why is the organization of the article, the author’s personal stories, and the use of diction valuable to his assertion? I believe that the author’s case is convincing.
The article claims that students are “remarkably adept” at “addressing their audience and adapting their tone and technique to best get their point across.” In the social media atmosphere, children post a paragraph or two in which they get their point across. This teaches them to write in a way to display their tone in a deliberate and distinct manner. The usage of technology by students is appropriate. Thompson’s excerpt evidently proves this prominent truth as it shows a “literacy revolution” in which technology improves the capability of writing.
The majority of students prefer studying with group of people. Thanks to the Internet it allows students to work together collaborating with ideas and knowledge at the same time. For example, last quarter in my world politics class, I send out an email with two links that helped the whole class study for the midterm. I send out a Google doc’s link that helped the class organize their notes and a Skype link to answer any questions face to face video chat over the sections that they needed help understanding. The amazing part about Google docs is that multiple classmates would edit the document at the same time. Many students found this studying method useful not because they gain better grades, but they got to meet new students on campus and allowing them to be social connected through social media. On the other hand, Stoll may argue that students may face loneliness and depression, which in reality Internet has help students meet other students and become friends. Therefore, Students should keep studying in groups sessions online meet other students on campus to become
We have also begun something that Clive Thompson and Andrea Lunsford both agree upon; that the “dumbest generation” is in the “midst of a literacy revolution.” Teenagers will communicate with one another, that’s obvious. They talk, Skype, and most commonly, text. Most of the time teenagers will be texting nonstop: to their parents, friends, or whomever they desire. But texting is bad, isn’t it? According to Andrea Lunsford, texting is the root cause of this revolution. For children and young adults, all communication is done through writing. Whether it be emails, text messages, chat rooms, or more formal projects such as essays, assignments, or journals, all is mostly completed by writing. With all of these uses of writing, the “dumbest generation” writes exceedingly more than their parents generation, whom would only write in school or in jobs that required it. According to Lunsford, the technical level of writing has improved as well, “The students were remarkably adept at what rhetoricians call kairos - assessing their audience and adapting their tone and technique to best get their point across” (Lunsford qtd Thompson). The children of the “dumbest generation” so far have been able to do the impossible. We have redefined the social barriers that prevented us from being a socially equal and innovative society, we have allowed the classroom setting to be more self taught
Shown in the essay, they are worth nothing and teach nothing, ”online courses are perhaps one of the most complete expressions of the denigration of university education (Srigley),” there is no good side of online classes shown. There is nothing to show how online learning is making learning accessible,”work online with no direct support from a faculty member. Digital lectures for live classes with real students? Sounds expensive. How about no lectures, no students, and, best of all, no professor (Srigley).”
With the efficient distribution and high influence of electronics in schools, almost every student can access any type of help they need if the teacher is unavailable. As schools choose to innovate their curriculums to contribute to the demand of technology; there can be some downsides in that. Most students can lose the way they write legibly and will be mainly dependent of a computer (Source D). The consequence of being more of a “typer, not a writer” has made huge change in the system and cause worry to parents who care about older teachings such as cursive and etc (Source
The particulars surrounding the relatively new cyber space attendance have been left vague, and there lacks clarification and guidelines. Clear boundaries and expectations have been omitted deliberately. The author uses this device to infuse a sense of individualism into the policy. For example, he does require his students to "fully participate in this class by making connections with other instructors and students through e-mail and threaded discussions on the Internet," [3, Course Description], but he does not stipulate the extent to which these connections be made. Some form of communication is considered valuable, but the amount has been left to student discretion.
During this semester, I experienced several ah-ha moments, but I experienced two that allowed me to refine my teaching strategies. My first ah-ha moment occurred after reading chapter three in Digital Writing. In chapter three Hicks states “using collaborative word processors as a tool for drafting, revising, and getting the response to their writing allows students a number of advantages that can move them quickly toward deep revision (p. 46). After reading this chapter, I began reflecting on my teaching practices to determine the level of effectiveness and engagement.
Another complication with the online class that the writer approached was the major difference between the quizzes and the exams. The writer had examined and answered correctly the problems given in the homework and quizzes, but when the exam occured which the writer was required to receive at the class’s school, she only had a small portion correct. Compared to the grades from the homework and quizzes that the writer accomplished, the exam was Online classes can be troublesome when the teacher uses a separate source for the quizzes and
Computer has made the life easier by providing various applications and technologies. For example, while computer has replaced typewriter, it helps the students to become a better writer as they can “revise text, rearrange paragraphs, and experiment with the tone and shape of an essay” () while using word processing. Thus, the computer helps the students to improvise their writing. Human relationship with co...
Many people believe that the Internet is improving writing skills because young people are writing so frequently that it is found to increase comfortable levels and may lead to the development of creative thinking; however, others argue that the internet is degrading our writing skills. Writing online does have a negative impact on a person’s writing skills because it does not only abbreviate and hurt our writing acumen, but it also makes our writing informal and inaccurate. “Learning to read”, “Does texting hurt our writing skills” and “Virtual Love” all demonstrate how the use of writing online can have a negative impact on a person's writing. Online writing is often associated with acronyms, emoticons, and the removal of excess parts of spelling and grammar, a series of various tools people use when writing literacy. Writing online takes away the natural learning process of actually thinking and and writing for ourselves instead of having to use tools such as “grammar check” and “autocorrect”.
Today’s generation is like no other. The nation as a whole has completely evolved from past times, with technology being one of the greatest improvements. Traditionally, schooling takes place in a classroom setting, but, with the many modifications in our world’s system, we are able to assimilate more modern means of education, such as online learning. However, with many changes comes differences and requires adjustments. The online learning system has proven to be just as effective as traditional learning, with some minor differences, however, nothing of great significance. A few of those insignificant differences include online learning being convenient, especially for the non-traditional students,
When students are deciding on where to go to college at they have the option of choosing between online classes and the traditional classroom classes. Today some students are finding it much easier to maintain a job, family and start a college career all by taking online classes. Although some students still prefer to stick with the traditional classroom classes, they still have the option to take online classes. Both online and the traditional classes will provide the educational requirements needed to obtain a college degree and opportunities in the work field.
Technology has had a large impact on the field of education. The proliferation of multimedia resources and limitless amounts of information available through the Internet has fundamentally affected the learning process. Students no longer search through cards and stacks for magazine articles; almost everything is at the click of a finger. Multimedia resources are increasingly utilized in the classroom to help instruct students. Some professors are making conscious efforts to use new technology, so as to introduce and familiarize their students with it. The significance of technology in education is now being elevated to a new plateau. Education through the Internet, the great equalizer, may make it more widely distributed through the phenomenon of online courses. It is the thesis of this paper that online courses are not an effective means to educate traditional undergraduate college aged students (people from 18-22 years old).