A+Web+can+Weave-Considering+Open+Source+Technologies+in+our+Classroom

=A Web can Weave:Considering Open Source Technologies in our Classroom= //Computers and Composition.// Overview by Kris Blair. 2009

Argument:
Blair highlights the enormous gap between the traditional way of learning and our cultures' technological way of life. The video "A vision of students today" shows the viewer that Today's way of learning and teaching is not at all relevant to the culture's technological way of life. It shows the stark difference between the academic practices of students inside and outside of the classroom. Comparisions like purchasing books that students admit to not reading, but admit to writing hundreds of emails proves this point. Also, there is major concern that open source technology such as Google search engine and Wikipedia's "information overload" is a result of the misuse of technology-based communication, an "overlooked" preconception.

Selected works cited:
Wresch, M. (2007). A vision of students today. Available online at @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Carr, N. (2008). Is Google making us stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains. //Atlantic Monthly//, July/August, pp. 56-63.