Now You See It // The Blog of Author Cathy N. Davidson » Should We Really Abolish Term Papers? Elucidating Issues in the NY Times “Blog V. Term Papers” I admit it.
I was dreading the appearance of Matt Richtel’s “Blog versus Term Papers” article in the New York Times. He’s written pretty critically before about technology in classrooms and, although he was careful and professional in our interviews, I was paranoid that I was about to be ambushed. When I saw the title of the article, my heart sunk: I’ve never thought of it as a contest or a competition or a sports event. For me, what to assign in my classes is a matter of deep pedagogical conviction. Then I read the article, and sighed with some relief.
[You can read Richtel's NYT article here: "Blogs vs. In some ways, Richtel’s article is less aggressive than my own piece (Sept-Oct 2011) in Academe which is highly critical of the establishment English Department that too-often forgets its own importance as society’s “keeper” of two of the three R’s of traditional literacy, namely “reading” and “‘writing.’” But is blogging the answer? (b) I respond more too. Beautiful web-based timeline software. Online Image Editor. Teachers as Technology Trailblazers. Technology Integration in Education. Technology Integration in Education. Arizona Technology In Education Association - AzTEA. Educational Technology — The Official Website of the Arizona State Department of Education. Hot Topics The Educational Technology group offers a wide variety of support on the effective use of technology in the classroom to increase student academic gains.
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