Experts on reading difficulties suggest that for struggling readers, the Web may be a better way to glean information. “When you read online there are always graphics,” said Sally Shaywitz, the author of “Overcoming Dyslexia” and a Yale professor. “I think it’s just more comfortable and — I hate to say easier — but it more meets the needs of somebody who might not be a fluent reader.”
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Nick Currie
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The Future of Reading - Literacy Debate - Online, R U Really Reading? - Series - NYTime... - 1 views
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Reading online isn't improving our literacy it's making it easier to understand words and typed thoughts. It's shutting out a part of our brain that takes literature and comprehends it into thoughts.
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According to Department of Education data cited in the report, just over a fifth of 17-year-olds said they read almost every day for fun in 2004, down from nearly a third in 1984. Nineteen percent of 17-year-olds said they never or hardly ever read for fun in 2004, up from 9 percent in 1984. (It was unclear whether they thought of what they did on the Internet as “reading.”)
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“Whatever the benefits of newer electronic media,” Dana Gioia, the chairman of the N.E.A., wrote in the report’s introduction, “they provide no measurable substitute for the intellectual and personal development initiated and sustained by frequent reading.”
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Children are clearly spending more time on the Internet. In a study of 2,032 representative 8- to 18-year-olds, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that nearly half used the Internet on a typical day in 2004, up from just under a quarter in 1999. The average time these children spent online on a typical day rose to one hour and 41 minutes in 2004, from 46 minutes in 1999.
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“Learning is not to be found on a printout,” David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, said in a commencement address at Boston College in May. “It’s not on call at the touch of the finger. Learning is acquired mainly from books, and most readily from great books.”
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Critics of reading on the Internet say they see no evidence that increased Web activity improves reading achievement. “What we are losing in this country and presumably around the world is the sustained, focused, linear attention developed by reading,” said Mr. Gioia of the N.E.A. “I would believe people who tell me that the Internet develops reading if I did not see such a universal decline in reading ability and reading comprehension on virtually all tests.”
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Literacy specialists are just beginning to investigate how reading on the Internet affects reading skills. A recent study of more than 700 low-income, mostly Hispanic and black sixth through 10th graders in Detroit found that those students read more on the Web than in any other medium, though they also read books. The only kind of reading that related to higher academic performance was frequent novel reading, which predicted better grades in English class and higher overall grade point averages.
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Elizabeth Birr Moje, a professor at the University of Michigan who led the study, said novel reading was similar to what schools demand already. But on the Internet, she said, students are developing new reading skills that are neither taught nor evaluated in school.
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“Reading a book, and taking the time to ruminate and make inferences and engage the imaginational processing, is more cognitively enriching, without doubt, than the short little bits that you might get if you’re into the 30-second digital mode,” said Ken Pugh, a cognitive neuroscientist at Yale who has studied brain scans of children reading.
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In one study, Donald J. Leu, who researches literacy and technology at the University of Connecticut, asked 48 students to look at a spoof Web site (http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/) about a mythical species known as the “Pacific Northwest tree octopus.” Nearly 90 percent of them missed the joke and deemed the site a reliable source.
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Here are some really good examples (highlighted) for our debate and to strengthen our statement
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Discussion Board for the group - 28 views
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I feel we already have a lot of information to make a strong statement. We should probably start writing something by tomorrow or Thursday afternoon. We need a good writer to do this and post it to this group so we can collaborate/edit it.
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Dominque is right we should find as much information as possible. Also, I sent Alex and Victor emails with the link to this group so they can input too. Let's wait for them but I think we should write the statement tonight or early tomorrow so we can post it and review/edit it.
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I just set everybody to Moderator so anyone in the group can edit the group
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Technology and Literacy - 2 views
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Grover J. Whitehurst, director of an institute within the Department of Education that helped to oversee the test, said he believed that the literacy of college graduates had dropped because a rising number of young Americans in recent years had spent their free time watching television and surfing the Internet.
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We're seeing substantial declines in reading for pleasure, and it's showing up in our literacy levels," he said.
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"We're seeing substantial declines in reading for pleasure, and it's showing up in our literacy levels." - Grover J. Whitehurst, director of an institute withing the Department of Education.
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People that read for pleasure read better. When we read for pleasure it hardens our literacy and makes us read more and more as we grow older. A majority of kids these days are not reading for pleasure and are instead watching videos, socializing, and playing video games. Many of these kids are doing so with the help of the internet. I feel this is why the statement for our debate is not very credible.
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When people read books they are reading a piece of literature that has been edited by a credible publisher, When people go online for reading, sometimes they don't get the best material that is edited for literacy.
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Daily 7 - Texting Language and literacy - 1 views
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publications & apps bookshop parents corner about us Subscriber Access Log inDaily7 Log inDaily10 English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 English English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 viewpoint Is the standard of children’s literacy declining because of texting or online social networking? 26.11.10 Mio Debnam replies: A number of surveys and research projects have been run over the past couple of years asking this very question. The results that have emerged have been very interesting, but before we look at them, let’s just have a brief look at the perceived problem: Do you think the standard of children’s literacy is declining because of texting or online social networking? It’s like they are using a different language!  Text messaging is now the world’s most popular form of communication (overtaking emails and even face-to-face conversation), with 5 trillion SMS messages sent worldwide in 2009. In addition to this, more than 65 million Twitter messages (or tweets) are sent daily, along with 4 billion messages on Facebook. Because users are limited to message
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Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged
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Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
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publications & apps bookshop parents corner about us Subscriber Access Log inDaily7 Log inDaily10 English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 English English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 viewpoint Is the standard of children’s literacy declining because of texting or online social networking? 26.11.10 Mio Debnam replies: A number of surveys and research projects have been run over the past couple of years asking this very question. The results that have emerged have been very interesting, but before we look at them, let’s just have a brief look at the perceived problem: Do you think the standard of children’s literacy is declining because of texting or online social networking? It’s like they are using a different language!  Text messaging is now the world’s most popular form of communication (overtaking emails and even face-to-face conversation), with 5 trillion SMS messages sent worldwide in 2009. In addition to this, more than 65 million Twitter messages (or tweets) are sent daily, along with 4 billion messages on Facebook.
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Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
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Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
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publications & apps bookshop parents corner about us Subscriber Access Log inDaily7 Log inDaily10 English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 English English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 viewpoint Is the standard of children’s literacy declining because of texting or online social networking? 26.11.10 Mio Debnam replies: A number of surveys and research projects have been run over the past couple of years asking this very question. The results that have emerged have been very interesting, but before we look at them, let’s just have a brief look at the perceived problem: Do you think the standard of children’s literacy is declining because of texting or online social networking? It’s like they are using a different language!  Text messaging is now the world’s most popular form of communication (overtaking emails and even face-to-face conversation), with 5 trillion SMS messages sent worldwide in 2009. In addition to this, more than 65 million Twitter messages (or tweets) are sent daily, along with 4 billion messages on Facebook. Bec
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publications & apps bookshop parents corner about us Subscriber Access Log inDaily7 Log inDaily10 English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 English English 繁體中文 簡體中文 한국어 日本語 viewpoint Is the standard of children’s literacy declining because of texting or online social networking? 26.11.10 Mio Debnam replies: A number of surveys and research projects have been run over the past couple of years asking this very question. The results that have emerged have been very interesting, but before we look at them, let’s just have a brief look at the perceived problem: Do you think the standard of children’s literacy is declining because of texting or online social networking? It’s like they are using a different language!  Text messaging is now the world’s most popular form of communication (overtaking emails and even face-to-face conversation), with 5 trillion SMS messages sent worldwide in 2009. In addition to this, more than 65 million Twitter messages (or tweets) are sent daily, along with 4 billion messages on Facebook. Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – whic
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Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
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Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
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ch involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save spac
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Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
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Because users are limited to messages of only 140 characters in length for Twitter and 160 characters for a text message, a whole new way of writing has emerged – which involves foregoing punctuation and contracting words or using acronyms to save space
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Well, if you did an informal survey, you’d probably find that the majority of people, including youngsters who use text-speak, would agree that it has affected the way people write
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every teacher has probably seen at least a few inappropriate examples of text-speak in work handed in.
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Limit of space results in shorter text. This Limits the user of actual words. Fast paced conversations lead to slang words to shorten time of speech.
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Nick Currie
Technology has given birth to a whole new world and has evolved the way information can be received on a level never before imagined. With the national rising of Twitter and Facebook, we have seen large amounts of news spread and many visual aids, such as pictures and videos, which allow virtually anyone to play a role in the landscaping of the world. However, unintended consequences seem to have been brought upon by the digital age. It cannot be argued that a large amount of careers and individuals have been able to rise from this new era and some can even say dominate this new world. Even this rise can't take away from a very real problem in today's world. With the fast-paced world of the digital age, it is quickly becoming apparent that today's literacy levels are decreasing and in some cases at a very rapid level. Most affected by this increasingly illiterate world is the newest generation who are being born into it. Being literate means being able to understand ideas, both common and uncommon, to critically think about the ideas presented, and to form or reform ideas based on previous ones. Failing to have any of these three skills is the basis for illiteracy and results in lower literacy scores, lack of social competence and even violent tendencies.
I think any news site is going to be pretty credible especially the .edu's and the state news sites like nytimes.
Instead of;
Being literate means being able to understand ideas, both common and uncommon, to critically think about the ideas presented, and to form or reform ideas based on previous ones. Failing to have any of these three skills is the basis for illiteracy and results in lower literacy scores, lack of social competence and even violent tendencies.
Maybe something like:
Being literate means being able to read and write and being able to comprehend your reading and writing. Failing to have these skills is the basis for illiteracy and results in lower literacy scores, lack of social competence and sometimes violent tendencies.
What does everybody think.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/39147462/MLA-BIBLIOGRAPHY-FORMAT---PDF
Two of the sources were from the same page.
References
1. Kelley, Susanna. "texting-twitter-contributing-to-students-poor-grammar-skills-profs-say"
2. Wolpert, Stuart. "Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis? / UCLA Newsroom:"
3. Rich, Motko. "The Future of Reading - Literacy Debate - Online, R U Really Reading? - Series - NYTimes.com:"
January 15, 2014
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