COMPENDIUM: Composition 2 Annotated Bibliography
The Conversation: New Technologies, New Literacies, and English Education." English Education 38.4 (2006): 351-69. ProQuest. Web. 9 Nov. 2014.
The authors of this essay are all collegiate professor of English and were asked to attend the Conference on English education Leadership and Policy Summit in Atlanta, GA, in May of 2005. Once there they participated on the Multimodal Literacies and Digital Technologies Thematic Stand group. The purpose of their discussion was to share their perceptions of the issues and opportunities associated with the introduction of newer technologies and literacies into their personal lives. The lead author Janet Swenson is currently an Associate Professor at the Michigan State University, she has been serving as the Director of the Writing Center of the school for the past decade and is the winner of a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Michigan Council of Teachers of English.
This essay attempts to unfold some understanding of “multimodal literacies and digital technologies”, which is to say how time affects English education and in turn the way the next generation will perceive writing. Mentioned in the article, the group discovered several specific evolutionary properties of writing, most notably the idea that writing is “apt to take many forms”, such as conforming to the original definition of the “essai” which are “attempts rather than performances of codified forms”. Observations on the quite literal evolution that writing undergoes is exactly the type of research required for me to tackle the perception of writing by the next generation.
Parker, Jeff. Back to School and Twitter. Digital image. The Cagle Post. N.p., 7 Aug. 2012. Web.
13 Nov. 2014. http://www.cagle.com/tag/texting/page/11/.
Jeff Parker has been an editorial cartoonist since 1992. He has one awards from the Gannett News Service, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Florida Press Association. In 2004, the National Cartoonist Society finally awarded him with the Division Award for Editorial Cartooning after three prior nominations. He regularly appears on USA Today, Newsweek, TIME, The Washington Post, Le Monde, Courrier International, The York Times, and CNN.
The image depicts a scene in which a student attempts to submit a presentation on recapping her summer, and doing so by referring to her Twitter account to relay the information. I believe this is a subtle nod to how the upcoming generation views writing, as highlights and fast paced shared pieces of information. It’s even more interesting to note that the student is holding a smart phone in her hand, further signifying hat the use of technology at such a young age greatly affects the way she perceives writing as a vehicle to share information.
Rodriguez Jr., Sergio. “Writing Over Time” Survey. November 2014.
I conducted this survey with students and adults alike. The age range for this survey was anywhere between 18-47 years with a large generational gap of 21-45. The reason for the way this survey was organized was so that I could see the different perspectives of the youth and the “adult” writers. Thus far I have logged 14 responses.
The findings I’m attempting to elicit from this survey are concerned with the way people utilize writing, and how they have since change the way they utilize it. I also look for people’s perspective on what the purpose of writing once was, now is, and will be. The feedback I’m generating from my generation has created consensus that writing as it once was will be completely unrecognizable in the near future. Those from the older generation tend to lean toward a perspective that speaks on how a good understanding of writing was crucial to the majority of things in life, and will likely remain that way, regardless of what form it takes.
Yakubovich, Ilya. "The Disappearance of Writing Systems: Perspectives on Literacy and
Communication." Journal of the American Oriental Society 131.1 (2011): 135-8. ProQuest. Web. 13 Nov. 2014.
The author of this article Ilya Yakubovich was published by Moscow State/Oxford University. He’s been published by more than 35 different scholarly journals along with publishing 3 of his own books. All of his work extensively delves into ancient languages and the evolution of their literacy. His knowledge on the way the ancient languages evolved over time led to his informed theories on the evolution of our literacy.
The article cited is heavily supported by the author’s existing knowledge on the evolution of past languages. The progression of the way we write and the way we utilize it is discussed and elaborated upon outside of the typical “sociological” approach. Instead, the author focuses on the logical and “linear evolution of writing” as a “cultural artifact”. By using this article I can better elaborate on the natural mechanics of how writing truly changes and adapts to the humanity progresses over time.
