Writing In the 21st Century

1) What are the 3 challenges/opportunities of writing in the 21st century?

-       developing new models of writing, designing a new curriculum supporting those models and creating models for teaching that curriculum

2) Why does Yancey explain writing as a technology that exists "in spite of?" What kinds of challenges has writing faced across history?

-       We write in spite of cultures that devalued writing, in spite of prohibitions against it when we were female or a person of
color, in spite of the fact that we—if we
were 6 or 7 or 8 or even 9—were told we
should read but that we weren’t ready.

3) What is Yancey's main argument?

-       Students should learn to be good writers, or composers, rather than good test takers

4) Why hasn't writing gotten as much cultural respect as reading? What kinds of feelings does reading produce? What about writing? Do you have any similar experiences?

-       Writing doesn’t allow you the pleasure-filled feelings you can get when reading. Reading is easier and more relaxed whereas writing can be stressful, therefore giving it less respect.

5)What are some negative associations people make with writing?

-       People sometimes accociate pain and depression with writing, because it is often used as a way of coping.

6) What is process writing?

-       Consists of invention, drafting, peer review, reflection, revising and rewriting and publishing.

7)What is self-sponsored writing? Do you do any self-sponsored writing?

-       A writing that belongs to the writer, not to an institution, with the result that people want to compose and do to each other.

-       I often write on facebook and twitter.

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8) How is the 21st century the Age of Composition? The age of literacy?

-       It is the age of composition because so many people are exposed to resources and social media that allow them to become writers or composers even if they have not chosen to do so.

9) What is the "so what?"/"why does this matter?" of this article?

-       This article argues that literacy in the 21^st century has changed and therefore our methods for teaching writing in schools needs to be altered as well.

10) How does this article implicitly define literacy? Does this definition align with any of the previous articles we have read/watched? Why or why not?

-       Literacy is the ability to read and write and compose work on social media rather than just on paper.