Texting Improving Literacy? | The Principal of Change - 7 views
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As I watched and wrote notes on his talk in this video, there were some amazing, yet seemingly common sense ideas that he shared. Here are some of the quotes that I jotted down: Texting and it’s impact on reading and writing “It turns out that the best texters, are the best spellers.” “The more you text, the better your literacy scores.” “The earlier you get your mobile phone, the better your literacy scores.” “What is texting? Texting is writing and reading.” “The more practice you get in writing and reading, the better writer and reader you will be.”
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In fact, Crystal goes further to say that kids that text read more than what we did as children because they have more access to writing. Simply put, they do not read and write the same things that we did. Looking at my own situation, I have actually read more “books” in the last little while than I ever have, as I carry around a huge book collection all the time on my iPhone and/or iPad.
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“Every style of language has its purpose, but we have to see what the purpose is…Take an essay and turn it into a text message or vice versa, take a text message and turn it into the essay.”