Sorry joining in a bit late here! I read the most recent and revised statements for the intro. I think they are good and give a clear idea what the rest of our supporting paragraphs will be about. Is anyone putting all of this together as one essay yet? If people want to send me different paragraphs I could put it all together tomorrow morning or whatever needs to be done at this point I can take care of. Let me know what I should do... if you guys want me to piece together the final essay though let me know as soon as possible as it will take me longer than the research.

I feel pretty confident in my writing so I'll start to piece together everything in here and construct the essay. I'll post it so it can be seen and revised by everyone. The one thing I am not so confident with is my bibliography skills if someone else could take care of that!

I have all of this combined in a word document at the moment here is what it looks like: (feel free to edit, add, and add citations) I think the last thing we need for it is a conclusion.


The statement "Technology (through television, texting, social networks posting, and the Internet), has contributed to an increase in literacy skills" is a false statement because technology such as television, texting advances, social media, and the Internet have actually made it easier for people to ignore practices that enhance our literacy abilities. Technology has become a first priority in society, therefore replacing the vital lessons in students' education that contribute to the enhancement of basic and necessary literacy skills. Literacy skills include being able to read, write and comprehend information. In today's digital age, the amount of illiterate people is consistently increasing as technology continues to advance. Today, technology is such an important part to people's lives, and although basic digital skills are extremely necessary for education and work today, there needs to be a balance between technology skills and basic literacy.

Across many universities, it has been noticed that students' grammar is becoming significantly worse in recent years. Emoticons and abbreviated words are commonly included in students' writing. Many professionals and experts feel that the use of texting and social media are responsible for the poor literacy skills of people now. People have conformed to improper writing on the Internet, which transfers over to the writing style they have in their careers or academics. According to Paul Budra, an English professor and associate dean of arts and science at Simon Fraser University, "Punctuation errors are huge, and apostrophe errors. Students seem to have absolutely no idea what an apostrophe is for. None. Absolutely none."


According to Patricia Greenfield, a professor of psychology at UCLA, as technology has increased and become a more prominent activity in daily life, critical thinking and analysis have declined. With more technology available, the amount of people who read for pleasure has decreased, and according to Patricia Greenfield's studies, reading for pleasure "enhances thinking and engages the imagination..." She also states that students today have a greater skill in visual literacy than print literacy. In one study Patricia Greenfield conducted, the result showed that students who had access to Internet in class and in their lectures didn't retain and understand the information being taught to them at the same level as the students who did not have Internet access. Further into this study, the students were tested and those that didn't rely on Internet access had better test scores. Regarding the studies that Patricia Greenfield conducted on students with Internet and their multi-tasking abilities, she stated that multi-tasking "prevents people from getting a deeper understanding of information."

I think that is a good paragraph but I'm confused where it goes in the statement. Is that the revision for the last paragraph?

I think that's perfect to be finished there. Who is going to send this in?

That's all the right sources!