http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/06/first-year-composition-and-the-internet-getting-started-with-persuasive-essays Fri, 16 May 2008 05:54:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/06/first-year-composition-and-the-internet-getting-started-with-persuasive-essays#comment-431 Susan Smith Nash Mon, 30 Jun 2003 04:31:00 +0000 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/06/first-year-composition-and-the-internet-getting-started-with-persuasive-essays#comment-431 I've thought a lot about how to get students personally involved in what they write - and once again the writing for the internet turns out to make the writing much MORE personal, not impersonal at all, because there is actually real dialogue possible: you can be writing about something that you care about, and find an audience that ALSO cares about your subject. so often students end up being dependent on the teacher's (limited) range of interests: maybe student writes on something they care about passionately (Everquest) but it might be something I don't know anything about - I can appreciate their enthusiasm but not share it exactly. but on the Internet students can not only write about what they care about but find caring audiences also. I’ve thought a lot about how to get students personally involved in what they write - and once again the writing for the internet turns out to make the writing much MORE personal, not impersonal at all, because there is actually real dialogue possible: you can be writing about something that you care about, and find an audience that ALSO cares about your subject. so often students end up being dependent on the teacher’s (limited) range of interests: maybe student writes on something they care about passionately (Everquest) but it might be something I don’t know anything about - I can appreciate their enthusiasm but not share it exactly. but on the Internet students can not only write about what they care about but find caring audiences also.

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