Wireless Discussion Questions
1) Howard Rheingold talks about “sudden epidemics of cooperation” as though they were a neutral force that could cause both great good and great ill. Many of the other authors touch on the two sides of this coin, as well. Do you believe that wireless technology has a greater positive or greater negative effect on composition? How does that belief infuence your personal interaction with technology?
2) After reading Melissa Graham Meeks’ article about strategies for teaching composition in a wireless classroom, would you choose to teach in a wireless classroom, if given the option? Why or why not?
3) In Castells’ chapter, “The Language of Wireless Communication,” there is no clear judgment as to whether the inclusion of these new SMS vocabularies in composition and communication is good or bad. What is your response to seeing “text-speak” used in the classroom or in daily life?
M.Markham
