After reading Carmen Luke's article “Pedagogy, connectivity, multimodality, and interdisciplinarity," my first thought was that if this was written in 2024 instead of 2003, her mind would have been blown. As I delved deeper into what she had to say, I couldn't help but notice how minisucle these concerns were in comparison to the new technological reality we face in 2024. If only these researchers could have seen how far technology and education would come, and it's still advancing. While this article is over twenty years old and therefore may not suggest the most up-to-date strategies for the concerns presented, they are still worthwhile to read about, in my opinion. Because, yes, technology is not in the same place as it was in 2003, but using concepts such as interdisiplinarirty are still beneficial today. I especially agree with Carmen's comment that although technology is becoming more involved in education, teachers will always be a necessary componenet, because I truly believe we cannot replace human teachers, no matter how advanced technology may become.
Further, the concepts mentioned in James Paul Gee's article "Literacy, discourse, and linguistics: Introduction" can be applied to some of what Luke explains, and understanding literacy and its connectedness to Discourses is valuable. I prevouilsy had little knowlesge regarding Discourses and after reading Gee's thoughts on this concept, I agree with the notion that literacy is to be fluent in a secondary Discourse. It is interesting to take note of different Discourses and how we usually don't even realize we are a part of one, it is just something that comes naturally. Observing this in an educational setting is also fascinating because this can help us understand how and why we behave certain ways. 
The Part Technology Plays in Education
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