Call me old fashion but I will never think writing and reading will be a thing of the past. Regardless if technology continues to advance there will always be a need for reading. Writing I think may be a preference but in order for it to become obsolete; I think years and years will need to pass. Reading on the other hand is a must. How can anyone read what is on a computer screen? How will research be done? What about instruction based manuals for computers? In our textbooks it states expanding the definition of literacy not minimizing it. Yes, literacy is changing because new alternatives to communicating and educating is changing.
Technology is the main contribution to a change in literacy. We must be able to read, write, and be computer literate in order to function well in this world. To remove computer literacy will hinder an individual but can still function. If you remove writing an individual will really struggle but an individual can still mark an X for their signiture. Never to be taught how to write or spell is truly sad. To miss out on expressing ones views or feelings to another by writing is to be robbed. If reading is removed than individual will be lost and will always need to be dependent on another individual. I can't imagine not being able to read. To miss out on picking up a book and reading to your child is a bond which can never be replaced.
If one chooses to type instead write is an indviduals choice. To not allow an individual to choose is an injustice. To not require an indivdiual to learn to read is death of knowledge.
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HELLO APRIL,
ReplyDeleteYOU DID BRING UP SOME GOOD POINTS ABOUT READING AND WRITING BEING A THING OF THE PAST. WE SEE MORE AND MORE ASSIGNMENT BEING APA FORMAT OR WORD, AND LESS PENMANSHIP. IT IS DEFINITELY SAD THAT WE RELY ON A COMPUTER TO FIND OUR ERRORS. I KNOW THAT I USE DICTIONARY. COM A LOT AND GOOGLE WORDS INSTEAD OF PICKING UP A DICTIONARY. I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE BOTH MEDIA AND WRITING LITERACY BECAUSE OF EXIT EXAMS, PCAT, AND MCAT. WHEN TAKING THESE EXAMS, THERE IS NO GRAMMAR OR SPELL CHECK. I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT MORE CHILDREN AND ADULTS NEED TO READ BOOKS TO IMPROVE THEIR VOCABULARY.
Hey April,
ReplyDeleteYou made some really good points. First you said that removing writing from someone would be like robbing them. I agree because a child needs to learn to read and write to make it in this world. These two things give them a strudy foundation for their lives. Not being abel to do these things could be very damamging to a person. I know someone who can't read very well and writing something can be very difficult for this person. This person has to work very hard to keep their job because they may not find another job like they have now. So working on a computer can be somewhat difficult. Just something to think about.