Readers Response #12

 In the article, “From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technologies” by Dennis Baron focuses on the effect that technology has on literacy. Baron does research on the history of different writing technologies. He introduces the fact that even pencils can be considered as technology and that writing never lacked technology. Baron shows the reader how technology and literacy intersects.

I can relate Baron’s article to Debrah Brandt’s “Sponsors of Literacy”. Both authors introduce the fact that literacy has a big impact on what resources you have and what social background you come from.

Before You Read:

2. My definition of technology is basically a new and faster version of something. Some examples include books to kindles, computers to laptops, and landline phones to cell phones. I think anything that is an upgrade of something else can be considered technology.

QD:

2. I agree with the fact new technology changes and shape the nature of writing. I believe as the world’s technologies grow the concepts and resources make writing a lot easier and more available to a wider audience. I do agree with this fact, technology is growing rapidly every day and is a lot different now than from when I was kid.

I really enjoyed this article about the effects technology has on literacy. It made me want to redefine what exactly I thought technology was. It also made me really think about what were actually doing when we write.