The Connection between Writing and Technology :: Teaching Writing Education

The Connection between paper and TechnologyThere be times when an idea pops into your head and instantly you need to write it down or lose the thought forever. What is the jump thing you grab? Probably a drop a line or pencil and then a piece of paper, or stock-still the nearest keyboard. These technologies are so common, we dont even give them a second thought they are just there. With almost every household owning a computer we even tend to take them for granted. Now imagine these writing technologies didnt exist and that heat content Thoreaus father didnt perfect the pencil, what would you grab then? This is what I set aside to do find a writing technology that isnt common today.At first, I thought about what our ancestors would have used and depending on how utmost jeopardize we go, this can range from a quill and ink to form on stone. Looking around my house though, these things werent easy to find. So, I searched thru the cubic yard looking for anything that might resemble paper. I kept coming back to the leaves hanging on the catalpa tree. I first decided this had to be my paper. It was the closest thing to being flat and the leaves were large enough for my text. For my pen I tried many different tools. First, the obvious, I could use a stick. Then I decided to cut some of the needles off my pine tree and use them. With these I twisted them tight and then trussed them with Cattail reeds from the pond. Just from the looks alone, I k revolutionary this had to be my pen. My ink was a challenge though. First, I tried to burn the tip of the pen in order to produce ash. I figured this would be easy and would work in the equivalent manner as a pencil. After much burning, my porch smelled like a pine forest, besides little ash was being produced. This led to some other search of the yard and the discovery of my ink. I had found some waste grapes and knew this would be an easy substitute for ink.Once the grapes were crushed and the neighbors q uestions answered, I preceded with my new technology experiment. By burning the tip of my pen I had organise a perfect point to write with. This was out of pure accident, but none the less a stroke of luck.