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- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 05:31:31 -1000
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- From: James Shimabukuro <JAMESS@UHUNIX.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: (Fwd: *C&CD*) The purpose of computer writing (2)
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- On Mon, 2 Nov 1992, Composition Digest (Robert Royar, Moderator) wrote:
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- >>Third (I'm sure I'll receive some flak here), I don't believe the
- purpose
- >>of the computer writing classroom is to teach students how to use
- specific
- >>applications--however "universal." If students do become familiar with
- >>Daedalus, Word, Word Perfect, UNIX, etc., while participating in the
- >>networked activities--great. But the primary purpose is learning to
- >>write, not learning how to use specific software.
-
- > I'm just not sure this works. If we discover that writing on a computer
- is
- > different from writing other ways, then logic would dictate that we must
- in
- > someway change our instruction to teach it effectively. I believe that
- part
- > of that change is the shifting of focus so that we can really integrate
- > computer literacy INTO the writing process. . . . Writing is still a
- craft, and
- > people learning a craft must learn to be comfortable with their tools as
- > they learn the craft itself (not before or after).
-
- Are we really in disagreement?
-