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Julian Miller

Children who regularly text message have BETTER English than those who don't (even if t... - 2 views

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  • Children who are fluent at text messaging have better literacy skills than youngsters who do not use mobile phones, it was claimed today.Scientists discovered that rather than destroying their use of English, texting improves children's ability to recognise rhymes and speech patterns.The findings fly in the face of long-held views of parents and teachers who believe text messaging damages children's ability to write properly.
  • Researchers found children as young as five who used mobile phones are better at understanding rhymes and syllables in speech.
  • The study also showed that children were subconsciously practising their spelling by regularly sending text messages.
    • Ashley Rocco
      Ashley Rocco on 17 Apr 13
       
      Currency 13//15 Content 14/15 Authority 7/10 Navigation 7/10 Experience 8/10 Multimedia 9/10 Treatment 7/10 Access 4/5 Misc. 13/15 82% credit article. "B" grade, between 80-89% puts it as a good article. Article uses viable research from the Coventry University to support the findings that text messaging can improve a child's ability to recognize words and improve speech.
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  • Dr Wood said: 'Texting also appears to be a valuable form of contact with written English for many children, which enables them to practice reading and spelling on a daily basis. 'With further research we hope to instill a change in attitude in teachers and parents - recognising the potential to use text-based exercises to engage children in phonological awareness activities. 'If we are seeing a decline in literacy standards among young children, it is in spite of text messaging, not because of it.'
  • 'We were surprised to learn that not only was the association strong, but that text use was actually driving the development of phonological awareness and reading skills in children.'
  • She said: 'We began studying in this area initially to see if there was any evidence of association between text abbreviation use and literacy skills at all, after such a negative portrayal of the activity in the media.
  • Ashley Rocco on 17 Apr 13
     
    Currency 13/15 Content 14/15 Authority 7/10 Navigation 7/10 Experience 8/10 Multimedia 9/10 Treatment 7/10 Access 4/5 Misc. 13/15 Total score is an 82% which places this article in the "good article" perimeters. This article uses data collected by the Coventry University to prove that those children who use text messaging have a better understanding of word recognition and improved speech in comparison to those who do not.
  • Chris Chisholm on 17 Apr 13
     
    This is a great find for our project because it explains the facts about how scientist have proven that texting betters a persons spelling. I know this is true because i know it helped me out with my spelling a lot. No one wants to send or read a lot of misspelled words in a text or email.This is a great find.
Ashley Rocco

EBSCOhost: The effect of text messaging on 9- and 10-year-old children's reading, spel... - 1 views

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      Ashley Rocco on 15 Apr 13
       
      This research paper addresses literacy skills in 9 and ten year old children who have never owned a mobile phone. Children were pretested to indicate their current readying, spelling and other literary skills. Children who had owned a mobile phone however tested significantly higher. Those who had not owned a mobile phone were observed over a 10-week period in which at the end they were retested for these same skills. These skills increased drastically.  "In summary, this study has shown that allowing children access to mobile phones for text messaging over a 10-week period does not significantly advantage or disadvantage the children. However, textism use during texting was linked to spelling development and the number of messages send and received was linked to lexical retrieval skills."
Julian Miller

EBSCOhost: Does SMS text messaging help or harm adults' knowledge of standard spelling... - 0 views

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  • Julian Miller on 17 Apr 13
     
    I think this was an interesting find for our project because it views the usage of texting with certain groups such as the Misspelling Group and Textism group. It conveys information on how pre and post exam results compared to teach other and whether the usage of sms / texting helps literacy.
  • Ashley Rocco on 18 Apr 13
     
    10 C's Evaluation 15 Currency 15 15 Content 15 10 Authority 8 10 Navigation 9 10 Experience 10 10 Multimedia 8 10 Treatment 9 5 Access 5 15 Misc 13 Total Score: 92% Full Sail Library, in my opinion, does a great job of providing us students with information that is comprehendable and relevant to our studies. This article, as Julian mentioned, featured misspelling group and textism groups which I found really interesting especially for this project. The information was accurate and very comprehendible.
Ian Vandiver

The Vancouver Sun asks: Can Technology Improve Literacy Skills? | Ahimsa Media - 2 views

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technology literacy learning reading skills effect medialiteracy messaging

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  • Ian Vandiver on 18 Apr 13
     
    Article from the Vancouver Sun asking if technology can improve literacy skills.
  • Ian Vandiver on 18 Apr 13
     
    This article speaks about new technology in the class room. Although one writer speaks about being fearful of an iPad in the classroom, they also go into a little bit of detail on how it is more interactive to the preschooler rather than your normal flip the page book.
  • Ian Vandiver on 18 Apr 13
     
    10 C's Evaluation 15 Currency 5 15 Content 8 10 Authority 10 10 Navigation 10 10 Experience 7 10 Multimedia 5 10 Treatment 10 5 Access 5 15 Misc 8 I gave it a 68 It is informative some what but expresses more opinions rather than actual facts. I gave it a 10 on Treatment since they did give some credit on an author who didn't agree with everything they said in the original article. I would say there was no media or graphics what so ever but they had a graphic for their new paper title but that was about it.
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