Response #6

When English instructors get together and try to talk about technology the reason why it usually ends up discussing change is because well technology changes, according to the article processing power becomes twice as fast every eighteen months. I think that the conversation goes in this direction because of how we as people, teachers and students can relate to the pieces of technology we use to get our tasks done. In the article by Cynthia Selfe “Lest we think the Revolution is a Revolution”, they say that each time discussing the matter they come to the conclusion that their undecided, they don’t know really what to think about the ties between tech and change. Most cases when it comes to school the students often know more about technology than that of the teachers, so my assumption is that even for anyone it may sometimes be hard to keep up with the revolution or change as most people would say. From the article the beginning text tells me that the pieces of information provided were that from years ago, I believe that they are accurate assumptions but I’d want to hear from the same people their thoughts on how between then and now has changed or supported their opinion, what would they have to say about the issue today.
Frankly I could see how all this ties into English using computers and such to incorporate learning in the classroom. My thoughts on this subject is to just try and keep up and be informed on all related issues involving the tech revolution change. We can’t stop it or say that we’re only going to use a certain type of technology and never upgrade or adapt to possibly make things easier; we just have to play along and while this might conflict with teaching there will always be some way of improvement.