tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35804423.post688904617746710108..comments2023-05-31T09:09:45.920-05:00Comments on Race Track Hollow: Plato and SaussureKristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05127244487691408637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35804423.post-26861954128855605972009-09-07T11:38:17.132-05:002009-09-07T11:38:17.132-05:00I agree that the direction of writing is changing....I agree that the direction of writing is changing. As a rhetoric teacher, the question for me becomes "how do we teach writing so that it is relevant?" I also have to add that, while students may technically write more today than in the past -- that does not mean the writing is necessarily better. Students who are used to short tweets and blogs don't necessarily know how to craft a coherent paper. In fact, one of the biggest issues my students deal with is learning to group their thoughts in the most logical manner. It looks like much of the Stanford study is, at this point, based on questionnaires filled out by the students. The study is not addressing the quality of the work itself.B Vancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35804423.post-28132990012263645932009-09-01T18:35:48.120-05:002009-09-01T18:35:48.120-05:00I really enjoyed reading your argument about "...I really enjoyed reading your argument about "how today's students write even more than ever before - just in different formats." Its would seem to me that within social media, with respect to "tweets, facebook postings and instant messaging," we have come to be aggregators of content, finding the best in everything from entertainment, health, work and news media on the web and sharing it with our friends. It's like we've turned shifting through the news paper finding interesting headlines into scanning through sites to find the best content to share and discuss. <br />I think what a lot of people forget is the content that is usually attached to the post. More and more people are using linking services to connect people directly to the information they've found, so that essentially one can run through their Twitter feed to find the most interesting content and see it for themselves.<br />There does seem to be a revolution occurring within media standards as people start expecting higher quality content at a faster rate. <br />I look forward to reading your interpretations knowing the fact you've worked in news media before and have have participated and watched this growth occur.Amy Pickup - EMAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09805276047702821573noreply@blogger.com