We have been posting on the discussion board for our team so far. I think we have pretty much decided that Alexander F is the team leader. It does look like we have enough information here at this point. If we can all go take a look at the Google doc Alexander made and contribute to an opening statement on how technology has harmed (is harming) literacy and put your name out next to it on the doc then it can be compiled to one complete statement and we will all get credit for our research but also have a voice in the opening argument statement as well as our own statements included with the links we are providing ourselves. I might be forgetting some things but everyone else please chime in if you think something needs to be done about anything we are working as a group here and questions are good other wise we would never learn!

Okay anybody can add things to this of course or suggest we use different wording. This is pretty much what I have come up with for an opening statement. I didn't want to put it on the Google doc without letting everyone know who put it up first but I am going to add it so everyone can edit and add on if they want.


"In today's world we have a number of technological advancements to help us with everyday life; making things easier, smoother, and more enjoyable. How does this affect our literacy skills?
With social media we have cut out sentences, words and conversations are shorter. We shorten statements like "Oh my god." to "OMG" and actually use the abbreviated version in our face to face conversations. Children would rather "watch the movie then read the book". So are these things bad? Are they negatively affecting literacy? Here is our proof that we are harming our own intelligence by using more technology instead of focusing on improving our skills."



Also as far as winning we probably wont because technology has created a whole new type of literacy to start with so its kind of pointless. The assignment is more about the facts and backing up our statements with research like you said.

Also my cousin just finished this assignment three weeks ago and was in team C. She said that one team did have a nice presentation with pictures and everything. But if we were to use say power point for instance it would kind of prove out argument invalided by using more technology to say technology is bad. See what I mean? Team A has the upper hand pretty much anyway. We just need to make a good argument whether we are right or not isn't the point.