I viewed

some of the video cases in the Grabe text today, to put some of these issues we're covering in a classroom context, since I don't have a classroom experience to reference when I consider the material. One, "Process Writing" employed a sort of artificial method that seemed to overly dissect the young student's writing. On the other hand, it provided them concerted attention in their writing exercises and brought what the teacher's (their audience) found impressive to the attention of the writer. I found something really encouraging about the "Peer Editing Process" video case (pg. 88), because it piggy-backed constructive criticisms by fellow students on what they thought a particular student writer did successfully. The teacher very insightfully explained that as a student's self-expression is valued and enabled, they develop the confidence that their expression will have a place in the world. For me, that humanizes the objectives of using technology educationally. I need that reassurance as I spend more and more time in front of my computer.