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Orlando Gonzalez

Downsides and disadvantages of improvements in technology | The Herald - 0 views

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  • Technology has advanced to the point where today’s generation communicates mainly with technology. From texting, MySpace and Facebook, people are finding other means of communicating with each other.
  • One way that people lack in communication skills due to technol­ogy is spelling.
  • Nonverbal communication skills are also lacking.
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  • Good communication skills are important in the workplace and in our daily lives.
  • For the past few years everything is designed to be more conve­nient for people, such as new generation iPods, faster phones and computers.
Jasmine H

Is technology harming our communication skills? - 0 views

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  • When you are constantly using abbreviations and slang in texts and online chats, it is hard to remember to use proper grammar when writing formal emails, letters or papers.  Technology can also harm our communication skills at work and in school.  It may be degrading our ability to speak publicly and write formally.  Think of how many professors or bosses have probably received a "cuz," "l8ter" or "cya" in an email. 
Brandon King

Impact of Text Messaging & Other Technologies on Student Writing Skills - 1 views

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  • This article discusses how technology, primarily texting, has negatively influenced students' writing skills, and offers advise on what particular weaknesses students may have developed that you will need to work on correcting in your classroom.
  • “I wanna go u wanna go 2?” Now, this gibberish is easy enough to understand and requires one to type less, but the problem is that students are not adept enough at knowing where informal writing ends and formal writing begins
  • Today's Tech-Savvy SocietyThe most alarming trend concerning the impact of technology on students involves poor formal writing skills. This is due in large part to the society in which we live. Texting on cellular phones has had a detrimental effect on student’s writing. Although communicating via text messages is a fabulous way to stay in touch, this seemingly coded short-hand that students use while texting, has surfaced in their formal writing, in their essays, and in their research papers. slide 3 of 6Mechanics MeltdownFor the most part, students have no idea that contractions do not belong in formal writing, and that to be considered a contraction, a word has to include an apostrophe, which typically replaces a letter or two. I inform my students to avoid contractions in their writing, and someone always responds, “What’s a contraction?” To no avail. I am not surprised, but I rather expect some student to comment.
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  • Personal Pronoun "I" is Capitalized?Not only is this affecting usage skills, but students have no idea that the personal pronoun “I” is supposed to be capitalized when it is used. Another common mistake that is closely related to capitalizing the personal pronoun, is the capitalization of first letters of the first word that begins sentences.This emanates from students who do not take the time to properly capitalize their letters when they are texting because it takes too much time.slide 5 of 6Lack of PunctuationAnother negative effect that texting is having on students is the lack of punctuation. Now, punctuation is limited on cellular device keypads, but to students, the punctuation that appears is nonexistent. If they are not going to take the time to capitalize letters, they certainly are not going to take the time to punctuate their sentences. The result is that students are so used to texting that when they must complete a formal writing assignment for their English class, they can not transition between formal and informal writing. The result is that students just run together their sentences and phrases, thus omitting proper punctuation. slide 6 of 6Texting Makes Teaching ToughNow, I realize that text messaging is not solely responsible for this shortcoming, but emailing, internet searches, and instant messaging have all contributed to the demise of students' writing abilities. Such technological innovations are useful, but for teachers, it makes them work twice as hard. One solution to this problem is to address the impact of technology on students before each formal writing assignment and emphasize the need to write differently in different circumstances.
Danielle hall

Bedtime Texting Bad for Sleep - ABC News - 2 views

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  • Kids who send text messages or use the Internet right before bed may suffer poorer sleep at night as well as mood and cognitive problems during the day, according to results of a pilot study.
  • Text messaging and other electronic communication media were linked to excessive movement during sleep, insomnia, and leg pain at night in students ages 8 to 22,
  • Use of these technologies after bedtime was also associated with "high rates of daytime cognitive or mood problems ... including ADHD, anxiety, depression, learning difficulties," according to the report slated for presentation here at the CHEST meeting on Wednesday.
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  • "The prevalence of insomnia and other sleep disorders is cause for great concern, given their potential consequences on a child's ability to function in school,"
  • These young people averaged 33.5 text messages or e-mails sent per night to an average of 3.7 people for a total of 3,404 text messages per person per month.
  • More than 77 percent of the adolescents and young adults surveyed had persistent trouble getting to sleep.
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    An article about how the texting and having technology around actually causes kids to not only not get enough sleep but causes disruptions in sleep and the effects are terrible. It can disrupt learning in a extremely negative way.
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