Chapter 3

Word Processing is amazing to me. I think back to the days when I was in high school and really the only thing I was doing in terms of word processing was sitting down at a typewriter. I remember thinking how cool it was when we got a computer when I was a senior in high school and that poor computer must have taken up half a room and done little more than the type writer did, but what excitement. I think I get a little overwhelmed now with the vast number of things that can be done with computers in general, but this chapter and the things we learned in class about word processing were such an eye opener to me. I am excited to continue to learn and teach my students the ways writing will be available to them.
I think my son might have an easier time writing using the computer instead of pencil and paper sometimes. The process of writing and erasing over and over is very daunting to him at times. I still think there is great beauty in using paper and pen, but I wonder if I am old fashioned? I wonder if that is simply because this helps my processing and I should rethink this for my students. It is certainly something I need to consider and look at more closely........investigate, and perhaps experiment a little with.