The main idea of Team B's presentation is that there is a definite decline in the literacy of this generation of digital natives due to technology. Using compelling and persuasive evidence to back up their credible sources Team B gives many examples of their reasoning. On page 4, Team B uses the quote "Due to the excessive usage of online chatting and shortcuts, the writing skills of today's young generation have declined quite tremendously." that is one one the main points in the article side effects of technology, (www.edudemic.com/ive-side-effects-of-technology) along with, "Elevated Exasperation, Deteriorated Patience, and Lack of Physical Interactivity" that supports their claim of a decline of literacy. With more points that authenticate Team B's main idea, an example on page 7 shows an article (http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/is-technology-producing-a-decline-79127) published by the UCLA Newsroom, an interview with a researcher about how technology of visual media effects a digital natives critical thinking and analysis and really expresses how visual media can take over our cognitive processes. One of the examples Team B uses really opened my perspective on how text messaging the writing capability of the digital natives. They show In 2004 an education correspondent in the UK wrote an article about pupils taking GCSE exams using text messaging languages, For example "U' for "you" and "4U" instead of "for you" and also "cuz". Its extraordinary knowing that instead of fast development of literacy, there's a slow decline in it. Again with more evidence to prove a decline in literacy, on page 13 Team B shares a resource (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16435529) that emphasizes that fact Americans are reading less and less. "On average, Americans spend two hours a day watching television and seven minutes reading." Reporters are shocked to gather credible sources from everywhere and they all tell the same thing, fewer and fewer people are reading for pleasure. I cannot agree more with Team B and agree that there needs to be change in how we learn in todays technological world and find a balance between "classical" and "digital" learning.
With more points that authenticate Team B's main idea, an example on page 7 shows an article (http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/is-technology-producing-a-decline-79127) published by the UCLA Newsroom, an interview with a researcher about how technology of visual media effects a digital natives critical thinking and analysis and really expresses how visual media can take over our cognitive processes. One of the examples Team B uses really opened my perspective on how text messaging the writing capability of the digital natives. They show In 2004 an education correspondent in the UK wrote an article about pupils taking GCSE exams using text messaging languages, For example "U' for "you" and "4U" instead of "for you" and also "cuz". Its extraordinary knowing that instead of fast development of literacy, there's a slow decline in it. Again with more evidence to prove a decline in literacy, on page 13 Team B shares a resource (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16435529) that emphasizes that fact Americans are reading less and less. "On average, Americans spend two hours a day watching television and seven minutes reading." Reporters are shocked to gather credible sources from everywhere and they all tell the same thing, fewer and fewer people are reading for pleasure. I cannot agree more with Team B and agree that there needs to be change in how we learn in todays technological world and find a balance between "classical" and "digital" learning.