While reading Shimmering Literacies, I began to think on what Bronwyn T. Williams says about the growing ideas on forums. On page 42, Bronwyn says that "the forums are not just a place where opinions are posted, but where ideas grow from the contact and tension with other ideas." This brings to mind the reasons to why these ideas and discussions can be spurred so easily online, but it takes so much effort in our classrooms.
I partake in discussions in both arenas, yet I feel much more at ease when discussing online. I feel less pressure to perfect in grammar and speech, and I see myself thinking more, and more openly pointing out disparities in someone's argument when I am online. When I am in class, I feel like what I say goes deeper, but I have difficulties formulating my thoughts into clear sentences.
With these online tensions, it may be that students can more easily access information, and verify their information by simply opening a new tab, where as in class, the pressure to be completely correct is much higher, and the immediate access to proof can sometimes be difficult to find.
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