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The dumbest generation? No, Twitter is making kids smarter - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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shared by ashleynicolez on 16 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • In fact, there’s powerful evidence that digital tools are helping young people write and think far better than in the past.
  • But Prof. Lunsford did find a big change in how students were writing – and it was a positive shift. Over the past century, the freshman composition papers had exploded in length and intellectual complexity.
  • It used to be that students did comparatively little writing out of school; even if you were in university, there was little call for it, and few vehicles to showcase your writing. But now, as Prof. Lunsford’s research has found, 40 per cent of all writing is done outside the classroom – it’s “life writing,” stuff students do socially, or just for fun. And it includes everything from penning TV recaps to long e-mail conversations to arguments on discussion boards.
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  • More subtle yet – but equally powerful – is the fluency with which they compose. Students not only write more, they write more quickly.
boomchongo

Txtng Quotes by David Crystal - 2 views

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shared by boomchongo on 15 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • “I believe that any form of writing exercise is good for you. I also believe that any form of tuition which helps develop your awareness of the different properties, styles, and effects of writing is good for you. It helps you become a better reader, more sensitive to nuance, and a better writer, more sensitive to audience. Texting language is no different from other innovative forms of written expression that have emerged in the past. It is a type of language whose communicative strengths and weaknesses need to be appreciated.”
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