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Danah Boyd - Cracking Teenagers' Online Codes - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Interesting piece on social networking.
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OMG! Survey, like, says digital-savvy students are good at writing! - latimes.com - 0 views

  • more than two-thirds of their students had fair or poor abilities to digest long and complicated texts and understand plagiarism issues
  • found such advantages as greater creativity, personal expression and increased collaboration
  • promoted a deeper interest in writing because students could see their works published in such online forums as http://www.figment.com
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  • Sometimes, good old-fashioned pen and paper are the best way
  • English teachers were far more positive toward digital tools for writing — nearly two-thirds said it made teaching easier — than colleagues teaching math, science and social studies.
  • technology is not the most important element in promoting good student writing
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