The NCTE position statement on composing with nonprint media clarely states NCTE's position regarding technology and the teaching of English in the classroom. I was happy and relieved to see that NCTE is willing to encourage technological research and development models within school districts and classrooms, with the purpose of creating policies for multimedia composition.
NCTE's position also supports encouraging multimedia (technological) composition within an English language arts environment and in the teaching of future English teachers. It's great to know that an organization I belong to, and admire, is willing to step forward in support of technological integration in our schools. Technology has, and continues to influence our world in many, often, unseen ways. In Friedman's "The World is Flat," book, he clearly demonstrates this point in chapter two, mainly when he talks about the United Postal Service.
Who could have ever dreamed that UPS employees might someday not only ship our computers back and forth for repair, but also fix those same computers as a part of insourcing!
To take the NCTE position paper one step further, I would like to add that I was pleased to see that NCTE now has it's own blog on, yes, you guessed it, blogspot!!! It's called NCTE Inbox and I have actually visited it. Now how cool is that?
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