Tech Tools Analysis/Presentation
Submission:
To varying degrees, technology is both shaped by and shapes the culture in which it is embedded. This assignment asks you to consider the reciprocal nature of the relationship between culture — specifically, pedagogical culture, climate, and ideology — and technology by way of “ideological investigation.”
Your objectives are two-fold:
1: Ideological & Theoretical Positioning
Technology is not ideologically neutral. Analyze the technological/writing/communication tool as a product of and as produced by the ideological conditions in which it functions. In other words, what does it say about writing? writers? audiences? To what values does it speak? What does it privilege?
2: Usefulness for Writing/Teaching/Research
Particularly in your classroom presentation, speak to what the technology is useful for (be specific about the kinds of writing and writing-related activities it benefits), its overall benefits and drawbacks, etc. If possible, demonstrate the technology and discuss how you’ve used it and how you might expand your use of it in the future. Speak to how it alters your relationship to writing/research/teaching/etc.