Baron

Discussion and Journaling

2  I don't feel this is what Baron is saying. He seems to be in favor of computer technology and feels that it is very important to his own career as a writer. Baron comments that it is beyond our own imagination what advances computer will make. As for communication in the future he will not make predictions about what computers will or won't do for literacy. He depends on the new technology of writing such as computers and feels that the old writing practices constrict him. Also he feels that we must not forget that writing it self is a technology.

4  Some examples of technologies like the pencil are: writing, the telegraph, computer,typewriter, and telephone.

Like the pencil, writing and the computer went through similar stages of technical spread as Baron calls it. At first they are seen as impractical maybe and people were not willing to use them. Once they were accepted then sometimes the availability of them were restricted. Eventually writing and the computer became more available and know and then eventually these technologies expanded and then began to be used. The cost of these new technologies decrease also increasing availability and use. When theybegin to mimic similar technologies then the spread begins. They then become their own technology and not just a version of an earlier technology and this gives new possiblity to new inventions.

The pencil was not initially made to be a writing device. A lead point stylus was first used to make lines for measurement marking.

Writing was not first invented for transcription of speech at first but for record keeping short hand.

The first main frame computer was first used to do calculations  with numbers.

Applying and Exploring

3 Advantages  of keeping records would be for important documents that would need to be saved or copied for future reference. Or to go back to a document to edit at a later date. Also another reason for keeping records is to ensure that it is authentic and not forged.
Reasons for not keeping records would be saving a password online to use a t a later date. Or important personal information that people could get access to and use illegally.

The telephone I feel would be an example of a communication technology that could be considered writing. The telephone combines aspects of speaking and writing.

Meta Moment

Yes it is easier to understand writing and to know. writing has not always been what it is today. it has changed and adapted just like other communication technologies.