Homework #12

Baron Summary
In his article From Pencils to Pixels Baron talks about how he annoyed with how technology has made our society extremely lazy. He talks about the different levels of how technology has progressed and that the pencil is being used less to write and its all technology based.
WAW Questions
2. Yes, I agree with this statement because technology is taking over the fundamental ways of writings from the past via using the new technologies of the present and future for the writing processes.
4. The typewriter was a piece of literary technology that at its time was a prime piece of writing but now that there has been many progressions in the typing process the type writer has faded to the black.
6. The pictures in the reading makes the article more entertaining to read. The pictures add to the article because they help describe the situation going on throughout the text.
Baron Response
I found this article very interesting and I liked how to talked about the progression of technology and I never saw technology in a negative light but I guess now after reading this article all of our advancements in technology may not have been for the better when you are talking about the writing aspect of it.
Malcolm X Summary
In the article Learning to Read Malcolm X article he talks about his personal experiences he had with reading and writing and all about his experiences that he encountered while he was in jail and when he went through the dictionary in jail.
WAW Questions
1. Malcolm X's article is geared towards people who struggled with reading and writing. This article is seen as very inspirational and gives the hopeless hope.
2. Malcolm says that literacy is being able to read and understand. School based literacy is similar because in school you are either seen as a literate person who can read and write or an illiterate person who can not.
3. School, prison, and books were seen as Malcolm X's literacy sponsors. The books were an important literacy sponsors for Malcolm X because without those books he would not have been able to become literate and be able to read and write.
4. Yes, I think this was a case with Malcolm because when he was reading books and the dictionary he would get upset with himself when he was un able to understand the words.
6. I think Malcolm did have the motivation to read because when you are reading recreationally than when you are forced to do it. When you read recreationally reading is a lot more enjoyable to do in your free time and students in college are forced to get the grades.
AEI
1. I think due to our wide advances in technology students are more widely educated and that there is spell check to correct the errors in your work that they did not have in the past. But also all of the social networking cites and text messaging has caused for a lack in our grammar and caused error's within our writing.
Malcolm X Response
I enjoyed reading this article it helped me with understanding how much handwork and dedication it takes to make yourself into a literate person if you did not have the privilege of being educated.This [iece was very motivational and it showed that hard work really does pay off in the end if you try hard and apply yourself.
 Alexie Summary
In his article The Joy of Reading & Writing he talks about how he first learned how to read through comic books.
WAW Questions
1. There are expectations based on child literacy standings and what background they are. When you think you did well on a test and you get the test back and you got a bad grade and than we you get a paper back with an good grade you are all happy inside. When you get back a good grade you wanna keep doing good in that class and keep on raking in the good grades but when you receive a bad grade you get down on your luck and don't want to do assignments for that class.
AEI
1. Yes, I think this is the case if you are willing to work hard for something you can achieve anything you strive for.
Alexie Response
I found this article interesting and the story had a positive message and that if you try hard you can beat any obstacle that stands in your way. This article is very motivational and inspiring.