Composition+Digital Literacy

Great discussion in last night's ProDev group -- including some important questions that we need to continue to consider in teaching composition. Among these:

• Whose responsibility is it to ensure that students have the digital literacy they need to for success at the university and beyond? Is this yet another role to be absorbed into First Year Writing?
• How can we improve access to technology in our classrooms and campuses? I like the idea of the iPad cart!
• What writing/research activities get squeezed out by digital assignments? How do we know how much in-class time is appropriate for teaching digital literacy skills (and which of these skills count as writing instruction)?

I will admit it: I am dazzled by digital technology. I feel fortunate to be part of these discussions to help me reign in my enthusiasm a bit and replace it with old fashioned critical reflection about my assumptions (that digital technology will save the world!). 

A great site to explore/continue thinking about the role of the Internet in students lives: Imagining the Internet: A History and a Forecast.