tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post1750046086461833657..comments2024-03-26T23:57:42.268-04:00Comments on SpeEdChange: Humiliation and the Modern Professorirasocolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-6499537298911472312011-10-27T14:08:15.255-04:002011-10-27T14:08:15.255-04:00I'm into my 50s and never heard about dysgraph...I'm into my 50s and never heard about dysgraphia until very recently. My handwriting is really horrible, and always has been. I don't think it's changed much since I was a kid. I have no issues with spelling or grammar, and actually write instructional content for a living. If it wasn't for word processing (and typewriters before that) I never would have been able to pursue my career.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-51909508214159680732008-12-20T22:52:00.000-05:002008-12-20T22:52:00.000-05:00I'm 15 years and I was diagnosed with dysgraphia w...I'm 15 years and I was diagnosed with dysgraphia when I was 6 years old. I'm an excellent writer and sometimes fustrated with my inability to show the teacher how well I write, as we have to write the "old fashoned way,using a pencil and paper. I often wish that I could use the computer in class, but like Ira said that would just lead me into a sea of humilation. I would be labeled the "weird" or the "specail" kid, and like every other 15 year old thats the last thing I want. <BR/> I'm writting this comment because I feel strongly that people with dysgraphia need a computer to truly live up to their potential. I hope that people will see this, and possibly become more educated on what kids have to live through on a day to day bascis, and hopefully not judge them for it.<BR/> -VanessaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-65378663214532221962008-04-17T15:50:00.000-04:002008-04-17T15:50:00.000-04:00Dr. Lacy:I really did not want this read as a crit...Dr. Lacy:<BR/><BR/>I really did not want this read as a criticism of Dr. Soltan, who, of course, was just quoting a news story. But she does bring this issue up enough to imply an "impatience" with some of the technology.<BR/><BR/>An impatience is OK, but bans are not. Of course this gets tricky. Banning mobiles and smartphones seems an unfortunate way of targeting both early adopters (will any of us really be lugging full-size laptops four years from now?) and the poor, who, if limited to a single tech device, will obviously pick the $150 Blackberry over the $800 laptop.<BR/><BR/>So the trick to me, as I've said in many posts and in many places, is engaging these devices in class. I can really think of no class, no subject, where students could not be asked to use laptops or mobiles effectively and educationally, given just a bit of instructor thought. Because even paper becomes airplanes, spitballs, and passed notes if students have nothing else to do with it.<BR/> - Irairasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-9364171938823065982008-04-17T15:42:00.001-04:002008-04-17T15:42:00.001-04:00I meant to say "Soltan" at UD. - TLI meant to say "Soltan" at UD. - TLTim Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896230254720822005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-18525995505671257272008-04-17T15:42:00.000-04:002008-04-17T15:42:00.000-04:00Ira,Great post. As a teacher, I never minded lapt...Ira,<BR/><BR/>Great post. As a teacher, I never minded laptops, just personal communication devices like cell phones and blackberries. And, if a student would just ~communicate to me~ their position, then the argument is over: I'm with them 100 percent.<BR/><BR/>On popular e-media examples of anti-technology professors, well, I think Solton at UD only really objects to the use of MS PowerPoint by lazy professors. Perhaps she did come down on students for laptop use, but it'd surprise me if she did it in an unqualified way.<BR/><BR/>Again, great post. Too many institutions and people forget that, sometimes, you also have to teach a student how to study, read, and write well. <BR/><BR/>- TLTim Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896230254720822005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-66576531961607565782008-04-17T04:19:00.000-04:002008-04-17T04:19:00.000-04:00Hello Ira. It was nice reading this post. I can't...Hello Ira. It was nice reading this post. I can't help but admire you for your perseverance. True, there are still professors who are stuck in yesterday's world..they should know that being in that profession, they should be flexible to adjust to today's world. And not just because they are the educators, doesn't mean they don't have to learn something for themselves anymore.<BR/><BR/>Good luck! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com