Monthly Archives: February 2015

The article, “The Paperless Classroom is Coming” by Michael Scherer goes into detail about a teacher named Matthew Gudenius. Matthew is a “computer-whiz” who runs his class like a tech company; that is, he is an advocate of education through technology. Scherer goes on to say that parents are fighting the change. Other cities have employed education that is assisted by technology. One of those cities is Los Angeles. Those that oppose this change talk about physical ailments—sore backs, dry eyes, painful necks- all deriving from children using tablets and laptops (i.e technology) in class all day. The biggest opposer of the technological movement is parents. One father claims technology “removes him from the routine” because he can no longer help his child with homework. However, there seems to be more pros than cons to the cause. Pros such as engaging easily distracted students and helping young children increase typing skills which is essential in this day and age.

Works Consulted

Scherer, Michael. “The Paperless Classroom is Coming.” Time Magazine. 20 Oct. 2014: 36-38. Academic Search Complete. Web. 17 Feb. 2014.

The writing skills I feel I worked on most are organization and analysis of a text. They both compliment each other. At the beginning of the assignment (draft one), I was short on content and had a hard time deciding what to include in my essay. Since I was unable to thoroughly analyze a text or piece of writing, I wasn’t able to truly grasp the concept of what I was trying to accomplish. Once I was able to understand what the goal or intent was of the essay I was reading, I began to gain ideas. Once I had the ideas, I then had trouble deciding on how to organize them. Do I talk about audience then structure? Or perhaps audience, speech, then structure? The writing skill I feel I developed best is analysis. I feel confident that I can now look at a piece of writing and look for multiple things such as: speech, jargon, syntax, structure, audience, and the overall thesis. The skill that needs more work is elaboration on my points. I feel as if when I was reading my final draft I explained my analysis of the essay but not as much as I could.