My purpose is to convince teachers of English studies, composition, and language arts that we must turn our attention to technology and its general relationship to literacy education. On the specific project to expand technological literacy, we must bring to bear the collective skills of our profession and the broad range of intellectual skills we can muster as a diverse set of individuals. The price we pay for ignoring this situation is the clear and shameful recognition that we have failed students, failed as humanists, and failed to establish an ethical foundation for future educational efforts in this country..

Cynthia L. Selfe (1999),
Technology and Literacy in the Twenty-First Century: The Importance of Paying Atention