Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology

Lawrence Lessig Speech

Stories

Enabling Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age & Your Role

• Writing is a democratic practice - all should/can do it.
• 9-college writing - why do we do what we do?
• Most writing produced here is crap - but kids learn here. How hard it is to write, the complexity. It teaches them the value of creativity.

"Quoting" in writing. We take, use, build upon - without the author's permission.

Imagine if we asked the author for permission to quote? Crazy. This points out the democracy of writing - it's by all, for all.

Masses vs. the Elite