Palmquist, Mike, Kate Kiefer, James Hartvigsen, and Barbara Goodlew. "Contrasts: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Traditional and Computer Classrooms." Computers in the Composition Classroom. Eds. Michelle Sidler, Richard Morris, and Elizabeth Overman Smith. Boston: Bedford / St. Martin’s, 2008. 251-270. Print.
Electronic Representation:
http://www.technorhetoric.net/2.2/features/reflections/page1.htm
Summary:
Palmquist et al. examine the traditional versus computer classroom with respect to:
“- teaching strategies and class preparation;
- teacher attitudes about teaching in the two classroom settings;
- interactions among students and between teachers and students;
- student attitudes about writing; and
- student writing performance” (p. 252).
Palmquist et al. determined that the computer classroom fostered changes in lesson design, increased student and teacher interaction, focused on the act of writing, and increased student confidence in writing, but did not alter quality.
Discussion Questions:
Is it possible to have a purely "traditional" classroom today? What do we now consider a traditional classroom?
Have writing goals remained the same or has technology altered these goals?
Can technology foster better writing?
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