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"A survey of 2,462 Advanced Placement (AP) and National Writing Project (NWP) teachers finds that digital technologies are shaping student writing in myriad ways and have also become helpful tools for teaching writing to middle and high school students.  These teachers see the internet and digital technologies such as social networking sites, cell phones and texting, generally facilitating teens' personal expression and creativity, broadening the audience for their written material, and encouraging teens to write more often in more formats than may have been the case in prior generations.  At the same time, they describe the unique challenges of teaching writing in the digital age, including the "creep" of informal style into formal writing assignments and the need to better educate students about issues such as plagiarism and fair use"

"APPY 25TH BIRTHDAY GIF! BOOTLEGS COLLABORATED WITH THE 'MOVING THE STILL' EXHIBITION PARTNERS TO CREATE CONTENT AROUND THEIR DIGITAL PROGRAM & INSTALLATION CELEBRATING THE GIF. WE DOCUMENTED THE GALLERY SHOW AT ART BASEL MIAMI, CONDUCTED ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS TO EXPLORE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE RISE OF THE DIGITAL MEDIUM AND THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE WAS A CHARMING SHORT FILM WE DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED WITH DIRECTOR SEAN PECKNOLD TO CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF THE BELOVED GRAPHICS INTERCHANGE FORMAT."

By middle school, children spend more time with digital media than they do with their teachers or even with their parents, according to a recent study. Is the internet a good teacher? Apparently not.

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"Meet Dictation v2.0, a web-based speech recognition app that will transcribe your voice into digital text using the Chrome Speech API. You can also install Dictation as a Chrome App."

"Distraction is the dominant currency in our digitally focused culture. I personally find it hard to concentrate when being plugged on particularly when the task I am working on is so important that it requires a high degree of mindful consciousness like for instance scribbling few pages  on my thesis, writing a journal article, doing a literature review...etc. Anytime I embark on one of these tasks I always make sure to turn off WiFi and put my phone on flight mode. My brain can't handle the distraction coming off these devices."

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"E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages"