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Anthony Arriola

The Decreasing Literacy Skills of the Workforce - Changing Responsibilities of Business... - 1 views

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literacy decline

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  • The Decreasing Literacy Skills of the Workforce – Changing Responsibilities of Business Training Programs
  • There is plenty of evidence that literacy skills continue to decline. U.S. government data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress shows that after years of educational reforms, high school seniors scored worse on a national reading test than they had back in 1992. Less than three-quarters of U.S. 12th graders scored at at least the “basic” level, down from 80% in the early 1990s. 
  • Employers view reading and writing as critical basic skills, yet they are often at a loss about how to improve those skills among their workforce without incurring huge costs and loss of on-the-job time. Training programs abound to train managers and staff about project and budget control and various technical disciplines, but few programs exist to teach basic skills and employers find it difficult to justify such expenditures. 
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  • We believe that the problem of the decline in literacy is exacerbated by the fact that nearly everyone is taught to read using techniques that modern education and brain researchers have proven to be antiquated. Since the beginning of mass education in the U.S., students have been taught to read, starting in Kindergarten, in ways that have been shown to be the opposite of the way our brains work. 
himynameisjen

Pros and Cons of Technology in the Classroom and Where I Stand | Rachel Lynne's Blog - 1 views

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literacy technology cons texting decline skills

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  • Spell-check: Through our research we discovered that many students rely too heavily on spellcheck to correct their spelling, and as a result, have poor spelling skills.  In the following video, a high school girl describes her spelling problems from dependency on spellcheck.  It also addressed the problems that arise from text speak.
  • Other negative effects of technology on learning: -Technology makes it easier to cheat and plagarize -Decrease in critical thinking -Decrease in analysis skills -Decrease in imagination -Don’t process as much during class, easily distracted
  • Sources: Are Digital Media Changing Language? http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Are_Digital_Media_Changing_Language¢.aspx Is Technology Producing a Decline in Critical Thinking and Analysis? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128092341.htm Today Show clip:
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  • Texting/Digital Communication: One of the issues we discovered is the negative effect texting and instant-message language has on student’s writing capabilities.  Our research shows that acronyms and abbreviations are slipping into student’s writing.  Rather than using formal English when writing papers, many students use digital language, which includes things like: -lower case ‘i’ rather than uppercase ‘I’ -b/c for because -idk for i don’t know -recurrent grammar issues -Many, many more: http://www.aim.com/acronyms.adp
  •  According to the NCTE article “Flipping the Switch: Code-Switching From Text Speak to Standard English” we can use our student’s knowledge of text speak to enhance their formal English.
Scott Dolham

Does texting hurt writing skills? - TimesDaily: Archives - 1 views

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technology decline literacy texting

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  • "I work at the school's writing center and I would suspect that some of the mistakes I see in writing assignments are text related," Cleveland said.
  • "Cursive writing is always going to be a needed skill," he said. "The argument by those who've done away with it say it's an art form, not needed in everyday life. I would dispute that because there are jobs such as (postal carriers) whereby people have got to be able to read cursive."
  • Jennifer Scott, a 10th-grade Lauderdale County home-schooled student, said she texts constantly. She also has plenty of school writing assignments. She admits she gets lazy from time to time and allows text talk to enter her school writing. "I might use the number 2 instead of spelling out "to", or for the word "into" I might write n2," she said. "But I don't use slang terms like LOL or BTW (by the way). My mom would definitely not appreciate that."
  • Scott Dolham on 12 Aug 14
     
    Article from 2009 interviewing high schoolers who have admitted to allowing text language to infiltrate into their school writing.
Alyssa Alburquerque

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325378/Children-read-iPads-Kindles-weaker-lite... - 2 views

The advance of technology means that young people who read on a screen have weaker literacy skills and fewer children now enjoy reading

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Anthony Arriola

Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis? | UCLA - 2 views

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technology literacy skills

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  • Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis?
  • Learners have changed as a result of their exposure to technology, says Greenfield, who analyzed more than 50 studies on learning and technology, including research on multi-tasking and the use of computers, the Internet and video games. Her research was published this month in the journal Science.
  • Reading for pleasure, which has declined among young people in recent decades, enhances thinking and engages the imagination in a way that visual media such as video games and television do not, Greenfield said.
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  • Another study Greenfield analyzed found that college students who watched "CNN Headline News" with just the news anchor on screen and without the "news crawl" across the bottom of the screen remembered significantly more facts from the televised broadcast than those who watched it with the distraction of the crawling text and with additional stock market and weather information on the screen.
  • Alyssa Alburquerque on 12 Aug 14
     
    *As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined
  • Scott Dolham on 14 Aug 14
     
    This is good...but we're supposed to be focusing on the role that texting specifically has played in the decline of literacy.
himynameisjen

Literacy and Text Messaging | MIT Technology Review - 1 views

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literacy texting decline literacy skills

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  • Having multiple literacies, however, does not only mean being comfortable composing with a variety of media; it also means understanding how to use different facets of language in each situation.
Alyssa Alburquerque

Cyber Slang and spelling - 2 views

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  • david_hartis on 12 Aug 14
     
    Real life example of what some students have posted using "Cyber Slang".
  • Alyssa Alburquerque on 12 Aug 14
     
    *Cyber slang is suspected of damaging students' writing acumen. *"But ultimately, in the world of business and in the world they will live in, in terms of their jobs and professional lives, students will need good, solid reading and writing skills. I'm a little worried about where we are in America with literacy levels dropping. Are these [electronic devices] helping us, or making it worse? I think they may be going the other way and making it worse."
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