At the outset of the “Digital Literacy” chapter, we note that some theorists, such as Donald Leu, favour “great transformation” theories, holding that digital technologies “rapidly and continuously redefine the nature of literacy.” An alternate perspective is to view digital technologies as extending the affordances of earlier technologies for writing. The readings for this week invite you to consider this second perspective. The chapter by Jay David Bolter, for example, positions the computer in a long line of technologies for writing from antiquity to the present. Bolter refers to the writings of Ong, as well as to Plato’s Phaedrus, the latter of which is linked from the course website. Bolter also mentions the problem with “technological determinism.” You’ll find a link to Daniel Chandler on that topic. Finally, the Pope and Golub (2000) article is offered merely as a representation of the kind of rhetoric around digital technologies that is popular in education. I invite you to critique these articles, pursue ideas, refer to related resources, and to offer anecdotes supporting or contesting various arguments, etc, in the comment thread of this post–or to make your own posting on a topic of your choice related to the readings.