ENGL 505B

Selfe's article emphasizes the preference accorded the old technology (print) as well as the perceiving of the computers as a tool (414), which some use and others ignore. Although she does not offer any exact solution for the inequity which technology deepens in society (schools serving disadvantaged students have less acess to computers, Internet, media equipment, etc.), she does urge faculty to become involved in public discussions about technology and educational policy and about technology and literacy(416). What I think is the most important to me as an instructor (from Selfe's article) is to understand the relationship between technology, literacy, and social inequities. When I understand the dynamics involved in this relationship, I may be able to contribute to litteracy in a better way.