Penrose and Geisler Summary- In Reading and Writing Without Authority, Ann. M Penrose and Cheryl Geisler argue that the way people write is reflected upon their rank and authority. They also argue that the difference in their writing stems from their own views about how knowledgable they are on a topic. They give an example of two different people Janet, and Roger. Janet was a first year student and Roger was a doctoral student. They reviewed the two's work and tried to see if there was a difference in the two. Janet obviously didn't write with near as much confidence and Roger did.
Penrose and Geisler Reflection- This was an alright article to read. I did feel that it was pretty predictable though. Obviously a person who doesn't have as much experience writing is not going to write with as much confidence as a doctoral student would. I do think it will give me more confidence with our fourth paper to go out on a limb and not be so safe when I write.
3) The difference between these two is that the information transfer way of writing is what I picture most high school students doing before a research paper. It's just looking at information and summing it up in your own words and putting into your own paper. The constructivist view is more of a personal way of writing. You have more confidence and don't rely as much on other authors as the information transfer writers do.
4) I feel this is the case because she lacks pure confidence. She isn't sure if she can come out with her own claims because she doesn't have enough authority to do so. I think the more experience she gets the better her writing will be.
5) My writing is definitely more like Janet's for sure. I am an information-transfer person more than I am a constructivist. I struggle to come up with my own ideas and often rely on just relaying information over into my texts.
MM) I think this article will give me more confidence to have more of my own opinion and not rely on other people's work as much. I would like to think it gives me more confidence with any paper I write because it will always be in the back of my head.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Februrary 24th HW
Wardle Summary- In Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces, Elizabeth Wardle argues that it is important to know who you are and what position you hole in the workplace. It may be tough to change the way you are used to writing but it is a necessary change if you want to keep members of your new community happy. She gives an example of a young man named Alan, who struggled knowing his role in the workplace.
Wardle Reflection- I enjoyed reading this article a little more than the other ones because it felt a lot easier to read. I also enjoyed the example she gave us, instead of just being a boring text it kept my attention.
3) I think they didn't have positive results because Alan refused to change the way he wrote. He didn't use it as a learning experience because he never even considered changing. If he would have changed the way he wrote to please everyone and address the emails to the right group instead of everyone he would have gained a lot more respect from the other people in his discourse community.
4) I think that most of the time the decisions we make are unconscious because we barely think about them we just do what feels natural. When we make conscious decisions I think this is more along the lines of when we have to proofread everything before we turn something in.
5) I think I have to agree more with Gee on this one because I don't think Alan was every really going to be a part of the Dominant Discourse community.
6) I think that she is absolutely right when she says he is another tool. He is just there to fix things when they get broken much like a hammer is used to hammer down a nail. He is just another tool.
7) I have had a teacher lose his job over a couple bad decisions he made in the classroom. I also have had a soccer coach get fired because of things he sent to a student via text message.
AEI 1) I think what it means to have authority over a text or discourse community is when you have almost everything completely mastered. people come to you when they don't understand how to do something. I had authority over my discourse community as a soccer team. I was the captain of it and whatever I said or told people to do within reason was respected. I knew I had authority because I was voted on by all my teammates to be captain so I knew I had their respect. I know how it feels to be under someone else's authority in a discourse community and it doesn't really feel to good so I tried to be as best of a leader as I could be.
Wardle Reflection- I enjoyed reading this article a little more than the other ones because it felt a lot easier to read. I also enjoyed the example she gave us, instead of just being a boring text it kept my attention.
3) I think they didn't have positive results because Alan refused to change the way he wrote. He didn't use it as a learning experience because he never even considered changing. If he would have changed the way he wrote to please everyone and address the emails to the right group instead of everyone he would have gained a lot more respect from the other people in his discourse community.
4) I think that most of the time the decisions we make are unconscious because we barely think about them we just do what feels natural. When we make conscious decisions I think this is more along the lines of when we have to proofread everything before we turn something in.
5) I think I have to agree more with Gee on this one because I don't think Alan was every really going to be a part of the Dominant Discourse community.
6) I think that she is absolutely right when she says he is another tool. He is just there to fix things when they get broken much like a hammer is used to hammer down a nail. He is just another tool.
7) I have had a teacher lose his job over a couple bad decisions he made in the classroom. I also have had a soccer coach get fired because of things he sent to a student via text message.
AEI 1) I think what it means to have authority over a text or discourse community is when you have almost everything completely mastered. people come to you when they don't understand how to do something. I had authority over my discourse community as a soccer team. I was the captain of it and whatever I said or told people to do within reason was respected. I knew I had authority because I was voted on by all my teammates to be captain so I knew I had their respect. I know how it feels to be under someone else's authority in a discourse community and it doesn't really feel to good so I tried to be as best of a leader as I could be.
Final Paper 3 Cover Letter
For this paper we were trying to see what motivates students as a writer and reader. We also wanted to see if literacy sponsors had any impact on these students as they grew up. We did many interviews and including ourselves we had 9 interviews total. We decided that everyone has different motivations whether it be self motivation or your parents motivating you. I liked how we were able to make a website instead of being limited to typing another paper. I enjoyed being able to be more creative. The website did go down many times and it was very frustrating. I wouldn't change anything if we had more time except maybe interview more people. We completely changed our layout so it would be easier to read and more easy to navigate. I like our website a lot better now than I did before the peer reviews. I think our conclusion was very strong and brought our paper together.
link to website- http://literacyhistory.webs.com/
link to website- http://literacyhistory.webs.com/
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
February 22nd HW
Johns Summary- In Discourse Communities of Practice, Ann M. Johns tries to fill the gaps between what Swales and Gee have talked about with discourse communities. She also explains a new phrase we haven't heard anything about called "communities of practice". This is more along the lines of what practices and values hold communities together or separate them from others. She also talks about the problems that can occur within these discourse communities.
1) Some of the complications of joining a discourse community is that people can be excluded because they lack social standing, talent, money, or because they live in the wrong part of town.
2) Members can rebel, and this may form a new community and rules will be changed. She gives the example of this happening at her own university (page 511). People change through time and they develop new ways to do things. I use to be a bad writer but through practice I have gotten a lot better at it over time through change.
3) No I have never felt the need to change my values or beliefs inside a discourse community because I value those a lot more than the community itself and wouldn't change those for anything.
4) I agree to a certain extent that there are some trade-offs but I believe these are more minor than she makes them out to be. You don't have to give up anything major to learn how to write or speak in my opinion.
5) In college I have not had the same authority over my writing as I did in high school. At my high school we were able to pick what we wanted to write about almost every time. Now in college we have some say over it but we have to follow a lot different guidelines.
6) I think it is a minefield because it is a very risky thing to do, your not sure what the outcome will be when you do so. I have never tried to break the rules with a school assignment because I am always too worried of the consequences.
MM) Johns' text would help me become a better writer because it opens your eyes about discourse communities and kind of helps you decide if this is something you really want to be a part of or not. Also we learned that some good things may come from rule breaking a little because the outcome can be positive.
Reflection- I thought that this wasn't a very interesting text to read but I know it was important and it will definitely help me with our fourth and final paper. I still am sort of confused when it comes to the difference between the Swales, Gee, and Johns texts we have read. Other then that it was beneficial to read.
1) Some of the complications of joining a discourse community is that people can be excluded because they lack social standing, talent, money, or because they live in the wrong part of town.
2) Members can rebel, and this may form a new community and rules will be changed. She gives the example of this happening at her own university (page 511). People change through time and they develop new ways to do things. I use to be a bad writer but through practice I have gotten a lot better at it over time through change.
3) No I have never felt the need to change my values or beliefs inside a discourse community because I value those a lot more than the community itself and wouldn't change those for anything.
4) I agree to a certain extent that there are some trade-offs but I believe these are more minor than she makes them out to be. You don't have to give up anything major to learn how to write or speak in my opinion.
5) In college I have not had the same authority over my writing as I did in high school. At my high school we were able to pick what we wanted to write about almost every time. Now in college we have some say over it but we have to follow a lot different guidelines.
6) I think it is a minefield because it is a very risky thing to do, your not sure what the outcome will be when you do so. I have never tried to break the rules with a school assignment because I am always too worried of the consequences.
MM) Johns' text would help me become a better writer because it opens your eyes about discourse communities and kind of helps you decide if this is something you really want to be a part of or not. Also we learned that some good things may come from rule breaking a little because the outcome can be positive.
Reflection- I thought that this wasn't a very interesting text to read but I know it was important and it will definitely help me with our fourth and final paper. I still am sort of confused when it comes to the difference between the Swales, Gee, and Johns texts we have read. Other then that it was beneficial to read.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Cover Letter 3
For this paper we were trying to see what motivates students as a writer and reader. We also wanted to see if literacy sponsors had any impact on these students as they grew up. We did many interviews and including ourselves we had 9 interviews total. We decided that everyone has different motivations whether it be self motivation or your parents motivating you. I liked how we were able to make a website instead of being limited to typing another paper. I enjoyed being able to be more creative. The website did go down many times and it was very frustrating. I wouldn't change anything if we had more time except maybe interview more people. I want readers to tell me if we had enough of a conclusion and if we answered our question appropriately. The link to the website is on Brett's page.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
February 15th HW
Summary: In Motivation in Literacy Development, Tyler Cecchini and Hugo Perez collectively wrote a paper that tried to figure out what the motivating factors were when it comes to early literacy development in successful students. They did a study with eight different people, all of whom had different majors, birthplaces, and backgrounds. He found out that many of the reasons people learn to read and write vary on the person. For some it was a computer game that helped them read but also interested them, for others it was an older brother who they wanted to be just like. Everyone had their own reason as to why they began to want to read and write. Every student had some sort of motivation, a lot of whom were self motivated.
Reflection: I thought that this was a very interesting article to read and it was also very easy to read because it was written by students. I liked how they had eight different people and their stories. This was a great article to read because it is very relevant to the project we are doing now.
Questions-
1) The authors do not use their own histories in their article. I think they do this so it seems more professional and it is seen as an experiment. I think that they should have used their own histories to make it more personal and they could relate the others results to their own.
2) They do not use ay first person in this article at all. If I was doing this article I think I would have because it would make it more personal and it would be easier to relate to the results. They might not have used it because they wanted to be more professional and objective.
Reflection: I thought that this was a very interesting article to read and it was also very easy to read because it was written by students. I liked how they had eight different people and their stories. This was a great article to read because it is very relevant to the project we are doing now.
Questions-
1) The authors do not use their own histories in their article. I think they do this so it seems more professional and it is seen as an experiment. I think that they should have used their own histories to make it more personal and they could relate the others results to their own.
2) They do not use ay first person in this article at all. If I was doing this article I think I would have because it would make it more personal and it would be easier to relate to the results. They might not have used it because they wanted to be more professional and objective.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
paper 4 idea
I'm going to challenge if literary technologies and sponsors affect the way people read/write.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Scott's Final Paper 2
With this paper I was trying to show people how I write and the processes that I go through, some of them being weirder then others. The point I was trying to make with this article is that while everyone may write differently, we all are trying to accomplish the same thing. I tried to support my claim with a lot of facts that directly came from my findings about myself. I used these in a way to show how I write. The counter-argument I addressed was that there are benefits to writing as either a multi or one draft writer. I really liked my paper as a whole and overall I think it turned out well. I like how it flowed very well. Joey reviewed my paper and told me to change a few things such as directing the paper to the wrong audience so I went through and changed that, as long as a few other small mistakes.
Final paper- http://www.scribd.com/doc/81115631
Peer review link- http://www.scribd.com/doc/80572699/Are-You-Really-Who-You-Thought-You-Were
Final paper- http://www.scribd.com/doc/81115631
Peer review link- http://www.scribd.com/doc/80572699/Are-You-Really-Who-You-Thought-You-Were
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
February 8th HW
Malcolm X Summary- In Learning to Read, Malcolm X shares with us how even though he dropped out of school in the eighth grade, he was still able to read and write. He wrote every word in the dictionary down and read every single day when he had time.
Malcolm X Reflection- I thought that this was one of my favorite articles we have read. I enjoyed reading his story and I think that what he was able to do after being in jail was remarkable.
1) His audience is people struggling with reading and writing because he words his story in a way that makes it seem as if he is trying to say that if he did it, so can you.
2) He defines literacy as being able to understand a conversation and school based literacy is being able to read and write.
3) Bimbi, the government, his prison, Mr Muhammad, and many other authors were his literacy sponsors. The most important was the prison system because it allowed him to read of all the books he did and turned him into an excellent reader and writer.
4) I don't think that this was ever the case with Malcolm X.
6) I can see how he says this. In college a lot of people just go through the motions to get their diplomas. He had nothing else to do except for reading and writing and he developed a passion to do so. When I would get in trouble and lose my phone and tv, I would read more too.
AEI- I think it adds a lot more literacies to the world. Now we have to be worried about learning Facebook literacies, text messaging literacies and many others. To be considered literate today, I think you need to be literate in all of those fields.
Alexie Summary- In The Joy of Reading and Writing, Sherman Alexie explains how he broke the mold from a typical Indian kid and ended up being a phenomenal reader and writer. He started reading at age three and just grew from there.
Alexie Reflection- I think that this article makes it clear that anyone can become a strong reader and writer regardless of if you were "expected to be stupid" or not. It was an interesting article and I liked reading it.
QD 1) I think that these expectations can affect a child's literacy because if someone feels like they are destined to fail, than that will always be weighing in the back of their minds. On the other hand if someone knows that they are destined to succeed then that in turn will make them more confident and give them the confidence to be a good writer. My parent's always expected me to be able to read and write so it kind of felt like the natural thing to do.
AEI 1) I don't know that this is always the case but I do feel as if there a very good chance for everyone to be successful. For the most part anyone can get into a library or get ahold of a magazine to read. Some people can't get ahold of the resources and this is where I think Brandt's research comes into play. If they can't get ahold of any one of those things then I think they won't be able to be as successful.
Baron Summary- In From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technologies, Dennis Baron talks about how technology is changing the way we write. We use to use a pen and paper, now we aren't comfortable using anything besides an Apple computer. The introduction of new technologies changes the way we go about communicating with others.
Baron Reflection- I think a lot of what he said in this article is very true. When a new piece of technology is introduced, and old one must be replaced. This changes the way people communicate. It was a pretty easy article to read and it was pretty interesting.
2) I do agree that this seems to be one of his messages. I however disagree and I believe that this is changing the way people write today. Just look at texting for example, if we didn't have phones then we wouldn't have the problem of people shortening words to be quicker.
4) Other examples of early technologies are the typewriter and the telegraph. They were all very popular when they came out, but they now are a thing of the past. New technologies leave them in the dust.
6) They contribute to the article because they show how technology has changed. I do not understand them as writing. I do think considering them as writing would require that we add them to the list of technologies commonly associated with writing and literacy.
Malcolm X Reflection- I thought that this was one of my favorite articles we have read. I enjoyed reading his story and I think that what he was able to do after being in jail was remarkable.
1) His audience is people struggling with reading and writing because he words his story in a way that makes it seem as if he is trying to say that if he did it, so can you.
2) He defines literacy as being able to understand a conversation and school based literacy is being able to read and write.
3) Bimbi, the government, his prison, Mr Muhammad, and many other authors were his literacy sponsors. The most important was the prison system because it allowed him to read of all the books he did and turned him into an excellent reader and writer.
4) I don't think that this was ever the case with Malcolm X.
6) I can see how he says this. In college a lot of people just go through the motions to get their diplomas. He had nothing else to do except for reading and writing and he developed a passion to do so. When I would get in trouble and lose my phone and tv, I would read more too.
AEI- I think it adds a lot more literacies to the world. Now we have to be worried about learning Facebook literacies, text messaging literacies and many others. To be considered literate today, I think you need to be literate in all of those fields.
Alexie Summary- In The Joy of Reading and Writing, Sherman Alexie explains how he broke the mold from a typical Indian kid and ended up being a phenomenal reader and writer. He started reading at age three and just grew from there.
Alexie Reflection- I think that this article makes it clear that anyone can become a strong reader and writer regardless of if you were "expected to be stupid" or not. It was an interesting article and I liked reading it.
QD 1) I think that these expectations can affect a child's literacy because if someone feels like they are destined to fail, than that will always be weighing in the back of their minds. On the other hand if someone knows that they are destined to succeed then that in turn will make them more confident and give them the confidence to be a good writer. My parent's always expected me to be able to read and write so it kind of felt like the natural thing to do.
AEI 1) I don't know that this is always the case but I do feel as if there a very good chance for everyone to be successful. For the most part anyone can get into a library or get ahold of a magazine to read. Some people can't get ahold of the resources and this is where I think Brandt's research comes into play. If they can't get ahold of any one of those things then I think they won't be able to be as successful.
Baron Summary- In From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technologies, Dennis Baron talks about how technology is changing the way we write. We use to use a pen and paper, now we aren't comfortable using anything besides an Apple computer. The introduction of new technologies changes the way we go about communicating with others.
Baron Reflection- I think a lot of what he said in this article is very true. When a new piece of technology is introduced, and old one must be replaced. This changes the way people communicate. It was a pretty easy article to read and it was pretty interesting.
2) I do agree that this seems to be one of his messages. I however disagree and I believe that this is changing the way people write today. Just look at texting for example, if we didn't have phones then we wouldn't have the problem of people shortening words to be quicker.
4) Other examples of early technologies are the typewriter and the telegraph. They were all very popular when they came out, but they now are a thing of the past. New technologies leave them in the dust.
6) They contribute to the article because they show how technology has changed. I do not understand them as writing. I do think considering them as writing would require that we add them to the list of technologies commonly associated with writing and literacy.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
February 6 HW
Brandt Summary- In Sponsors of Literacy, Deborah Brandt talks about how the way people are raised affects their writing and literary skills. She gives us many different examples and stories of people from all different backgrounds and explains how their lifestyles affected how they go about writing.
1) A literacy sponsor is someone who influences how we become literate, whether it is a person or a institution. The characteristics of a literacy sponsor is that they are rich and knowledgeable.
3) They misappropriate their literacy lessons because they don't take into consideration that the students are from different backgrounds and don't have the same access to technology.
4) I think when he talks about the term "stratified" she is referring to status levels and by stakes she is referring to what is at risk
AEI- Growing up my primary sponsors were my mom, dad, and teachers at school, and friends. They taught me to be respectful and to treat others how I want to be treated. I feel as if I had access to anything I wanted to when it came to literacies.
Brandt reflection- I liked how he gave us many different details and examples about how the way people are raised affects how they go about writing.
1) A literacy sponsor is someone who influences how we become literate, whether it is a person or a institution. The characteristics of a literacy sponsor is that they are rich and knowledgeable.
3) They misappropriate their literacy lessons because they don't take into consideration that the students are from different backgrounds and don't have the same access to technology.
4) I think when he talks about the term "stratified" she is referring to status levels and by stakes she is referring to what is at risk
AEI- Growing up my primary sponsors were my mom, dad, and teachers at school, and friends. They taught me to be respectful and to treat others how I want to be treated. I feel as if I had access to anything I wanted to when it came to literacies.
Brandt reflection- I liked how he gave us many different details and examples about how the way people are raised affects how they go about writing.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
paper 2 and reflective cover letter
What I was trying to do with this paper was to give people an insight as to what goes through my mind as I am writing, and what kind of writer I am. The point that is implied is that everyone writes differently than other people. I supported my claims with sources and points that they had used in previous work. I really enjoyed writing this paper and thought that I got my points across and did what the paper asked me to do. I would especially like to get some feedback to see if my paper flowed like I wanted it to. If I had more time, I'm not sure if I would have changed anything.
Here is a link to my paper:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/80309058
Here is a link to my paper:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/80309058
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