Glogowski explains how he realised that he was missing being involved in the process of brainstorming as students asked for comments about their essays from their peers, not him. Teachers are involved at the beginning and end, but not the middle. From the powerpoint experience, I would say Iended up being involved in many of the stages, looking over what they were doing both at an IT level and a language level rather that just called upon to answer questions.
Discusses Lunsford's research findings, and is optimistic about literacy development, as a lot more writing goes on than previously, with many different genres required..
Abridged transcription of his talk about the different affordances of various media, especially books and screens. For the former, written text is foregrounded, whereas images are foregrounded for the latter.