First off, I'd like to thank everyone who shared topic suggestions in class today to build into the maps and outlines in this post. I'd also like to point out that the two maps and corresponding outlines in this post cover some divergent, some similar, and some overlapping topics and sub-topics.
Neither the maps below nor the outlines farther below completely cover the topic for your next essays. Since the maps and outlines below cover only a few of the ideas upon which you may wish to focus in your essays about learning with computers, I want to encourage
all of you to feel free to draw ideas for your draft essays (2-03a) from
both sets of shared ideas (§1A & §1C). You also are welcome to combine those ideas with others from your individual outlines and essay prep. posts, as well as from previous posts on the Writing Studio Blog including
outlines or about
computers.
For convenience, I arranged the main ideas (in blue) in alphabetical order during and just after class. However, as you compose your draft essays, I hope you will find better ways to organize your main ideas than that. Moreover, some of the topics in green may be just as important as the main ideas in blue. So I expect you to demonstrate flexibility in composing important and related ideas into unified paragraphs that will enable readers to follow your thinking easily from one main point in your essays to the next.
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| §1A, 2014.12.03 |
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| §1C, 2014.12.03 |
Outline from §1A
Learning with Computers
- Applications
- Challenges
- Convenience
- Google
- Search
- Recording
- Playback
- Economy
- Paper-less materials
- Other?
- Importance
- School
- English
- Keyboarding
- Classes
- Listening
- Classwork
- Pronunciation practice
- Viewing
- Homework
- Reading
- Speaking
- Classwork
- Homework
- EnglishCentral
- speaking points
- (pronunciation practice)
- Writing
- Book reviews
- Comments
- Extensive writing
- Homepages
- Society
- Communication
- Information
- Internationalization
Outline from §1C
Learning with Computers
- Applications
- Computer-based
- Search function
- Typing programs
- Cloud-based (online)
- Sharing
- Typing practice
- Language learning
- PowerWords
- EnglishCentral
- Benefits
- Ease of correction
- Exposure to vocabulary
- Increase in typing speed
- Coursework
- Listening Classes
- Reading Classes
- Speaking Classes
- Writing Classes
- HW
- Classwork
- Mapping
- Outlining
- Peer-reviewing
- Disadvantages
- Time loss
- Dependencies
- Diminished skills
- Physical strain
- Other activities
If you have concerns or questions about those maps or outlines, or how to use them, please feel free to spell them out in comments on this post, or voice them in person during the next class meeting.
