Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The Rhetoric of Technology

In summary, I believe that Hawisher and Selfe's article focuses on the use of technology in the classroom. I get the impression that they do not believe that many opinions of educators who use technology in the classroom are credible. These teachers are advid users of technology in the classroom. Therefore, what they have to say about it is positive. Hawisher and Selfe build this doubt off of two observations. First, the teachers are bias and leave no room for expressing counterarguments. And, through observing classrooms, they have discovered that the results are not always positive. I believe that if you support something, you're only going to focus on the good because your goal is to "sell" the idea. In this case you can't believe everything you hear because the opinion is not well-rounded.

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