Student Scribes
Welcome back! This week we will focus on content from the third chapter of Who Owns the Learning , written by Alan November. The title of this chapter is The Student as Scribe . Also known as a writer, scribe , defined in the Merriam Webster dictionary, is the following: "a member of a learned class in ancient Israel through New Testament times studying the Scriptures and serving as copyists, editors, teachers, and jurists" "an official or public secretary or clerk" "a copier of manuscripts" Newer definitions of scribe include the following from The Free Dictionary , "a public clerk or secretary, especially in ancient times" "a professional copyist of manuscripts and documents" "a writer or journalist" This term refers to multiple methods and use of tools for the process of recording information. Those terms include: copying of information from and to documents handwritten information in le...