Quote: "Diminished concern over spelling and punctuation. Spell-check, along with online search engines, may be convincing us that devoting energy to honing spelling skills is anachronistic. Even before you finish typing a word containing an error, spell-check often automatically corrects the word. Similarly, if you type a misspelled word (or phrase) into Google, chances are the search engine will land you pretty much at the same list of sites you would have reached had you been a finalist in the National Spelling Bee."
Response: This is pretty much so very true that no one can deny. I know that personally I find myself relying on spell-check on all my papers. For one all major papers have to by typed and printed because the teacher doesn't want to have to strain themselves to read the students hand writing. It is because of this that spell-check has become such an easy tool and one of the most helpful. If you can even spell a word close you can probably right click the word and find the one you meant to use. This although doesn't help for things like your and you're, if you mess those up it's your own fault. It helps somewhat with commas, semi-colons, and colons but very little. Even now I am able to see if I misspelled any words and no one will know this unless i tell them. The only thing that is missing really, is a way to tell you that your sentences make no sense or your train of thought is very jumpy and your paragraph is all jumbled up.
Citation: Baron, N. (n.d.). Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Are Digital Media Changing Language?. Membership, policy, and professional development for educators – ASCD. Retrieved August 31, 2011, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Are-Digital-Media-Changing-Language%C2%A2.aspx
Extra Material: http://www.education.com/magazine/article/spell_check/
This article shows how spell-check is creating a generation of people who will be so reliable on spell-check they cannot spell without it.
Citation: Sorrentino, J. (n.d.). Is Spell Check Creating a Generation of Dummies? | Education.com. Education.com | An Education & Child Development Site for Parents | Parenting & Educational Resource. Retrieved August 31, 2011, from http://www.education.com/magazine/article/spell_check/
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Double Journal Entry #1
Quote: "After studying the matter, Ms. Davidson concluded, 'Online blogs directed at peers exhibit fewer typographical and factual errors, less plagiarism, and generally better, more elegant and persuasive prose than classroom assignments by the same writers.' "
Reaction: This quote to me was very interesting because it shows that students care more about their posts on the Internet than their school reports. I say they care more because with less error one could only assume they care more about this than the other. The reason for this is most likely due to the fact that everyone can see a post on the Internet. If a person decides to make a post on the Internet they would want the millions of people reading to perceive them as intelligent rather than some ignorant buffoon babbling on the Internet. This would mean that one must go to great lengths to make their spelling, sentence structure, and information all come together to form an intelligent response to whatever they are posting about.
Extra Material: http://chronicle.com/article/Studies-Explore-Whether-the/44476/
This article describes how the internet makes students better writers.
Reaction: This quote to me was very interesting because it shows that students care more about their posts on the Internet than their school reports. I say they care more because with less error one could only assume they care more about this than the other. The reason for this is most likely due to the fact that everyone can see a post on the Internet. If a person decides to make a post on the Internet they would want the millions of people reading to perceive them as intelligent rather than some ignorant buffoon babbling on the Internet. This would mean that one must go to great lengths to make their spelling, sentence structure, and information all come together to form an intelligent response to whatever they are posting about.
Citation: Hefferner, V. (n.d.). Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com. Opinion - Opinionator - NYTimes.com. Retrieved August 30, 2011, from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp
Extra Material: http://chronicle.com/article/Studies-Explore-Whether-the/44476/
This article describes how the internet makes students better writers.
Citation: Keller, J. (n.d.). Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education. Home - The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved August 30, 2011, from http://chronicle.com/article/Studies-Explore-Whether-the/44476/
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Captain's Log
My name is Sean Harwell and I am from Charleston, WV. I would like to teach at a high school level, teaching Chemistry. Middle school would also be fun teaching the general sciences. I believe children learn by doing, by interacting with different things to absorb the information not from just reading but also from doing what is described in the readings. An example of this would be doing an experiment showing create different compounds such as 4Fe + 3O2 = 2Fe2O3.
This is the formation of rust, this experiment is a very easy experiment that is done with water, white vinegar and fine iron wool. This is a way to explain the chemical equation and they can see the process themselves.
This is the formation of rust, this experiment is a very easy experiment that is done with water, white vinegar and fine iron wool. This is a way to explain the chemical equation and they can see the process themselves.
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