Sidler, Michelle, Elizabeth O. Smith, and Richard Morris. Computers in the Composition Classroom: a Critical Sourcebook. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2008. Print.
Kathleen Yancey, in this piece, discusses the issue of intertextuality. We have so many mediums with which to produce writing in our modern era. It could be potentially changing the way we write, but it has largely been found that it isn't. What some worry about is that some mediums may be abandoned in favor of others. Instead of this happening, intertextuality occurs.
What I like about this piece is the section on digital compositions and coherence. A lot of times, people feel that coherence is implied within digital compositions, as it is in the form of email. "We have email, where coherence is created, in part through repetition..." this idea is perpetuated even more within templates, like those used in Microsoft PowerPoint, or in digital portfolios. I'm confused by this, also, because there isn't as much focus on coherence in content within this section. I feel that people get so caught up with coherence in design, that theybforget the importance of coherent content.
I would like to know more about the assessment of coherence. As we saw with the ee cummings piece, it can be a little arbitrary. How can we agree on true coherence and judge it in a quantitative way?
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