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Facebook and Twitter 'harm pupils literacy' claim headmasters | Mail Online - 2 views

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  • Children's literacy is being damaged by social media, headmasters claim.They say pupils are too distracted by sites such as Facebook and Twitter to bother to read a book.As a result, thousands are poor spellers and have little understanding of grammar.
  • A survey of 214 secondary school heads found that 70 per cent believe Facebook and Twitter are ‘bad for literacy’.
  • The research, conducted by Booked, a magazine for schools, found that half of Britain’s headmasters are concerned about their pupils’ approach to reading.
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  • Bosses regularly complain about the poor literacy standards among school leavers, whose written English in applications forms and CVs can be shocking
  • The research uses examples such as one applicant stating: ‘I wont to work wiv you’re company.’
  • Others regularly confuse the words ‘to’ and ‘too’, such as: ‘I’d like too work with you’, while asking whether job ‘oppurtunities’ are ‘avalible’ at the company.
  • Others sign their letters with several kisses, showing an inappropriate level of friendliness with a potential boss who they have never met.
  • ‘Ask a Year 10 class [aged 14 and 15] how many of them have read a book for pleasure recently and you might get two or three hands.
  • decline in old-fashioned grammar and spelling.’
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Does Technology Improve Learning? No! | Bright Futures - 0 views

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  • technology does not raise test scores or improve achievement. The answer to the question of technology improving learning is a resounding “NO!”
  • technology is an amazing tool for teachers to leverage for their students’ learning.
  • Handing technology to students is insufficient for improving learning.
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  • In fact, the research on technology initiatives indicates that when schools put too much focus on the technology (ie treating their initiative like a “tech buy”) there is no significant benefit to achievement. And even if laptops and iPads are a relatively new phenomenon, the importance of distinguishing between a focus on technology and a focus on learning, is not.
  • One of the enduring difficulties about technology and education is that a lot of people think about the technology first and the education later”
  • real value of technology in schools lies not in learning to use technology, but in using technology for learning.
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    Technology does not improve learning or grammar. the teachers who teach us while using the technology do.
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