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UK Literacy Trust - 1 views

started by Janelle Taylor on 20 Jul 14 no follow-up yet
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    #1 Janelle Taylor on 20 Jul 14
     
    Link to article: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0001/9245/Young_people_s_writing_2012.pdf

    Background info: "We are a national charity dedicated to raising literacy levels in the UK. Our research and analysis make us the leading authority on literacy. We run projects in the poorest communities, campaign to make literacy a priority for politicians and parents, and support schools." -taken from the 2nd page of their article

    In 2012 they conducted research in several different schools in the UK (34,910 students aged 8-16) to determine if the students were reading and writing at the expected level for their age. They were asked if they enjoyed reading and writing, how often they did it outside of class, and if they use "txt" speak in the class room.

    The results were that if a child was at or above their reading/writing level they were less likely to use "txt" speak. If they were below their reading/writing level they were MORE likely to use "txt" speak.

    I have a couple screenshots from the article that I took of tables with percentages on them. I will post them to the google doc instead of here.
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Texting Makes U Stupid: EBSCOhost - 0 views

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  • According to a survey carried out last year by Nielsen, Americans between the ages of 13 and 17 send and receive an average of 3,339 texts per month. Teenage girls send and receive more than 4,000.
  • According to the most recent survey by the National Endowment for the Arts, the proportion of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 who read a book not required at school or at work is now 50.7 percent, the lowest for any adult age group younger than 75, and down from 59 percent 20 years ago.
  • we are falling behind more-literate societies
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  • According to the results of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's most recent Program for International Student Assessment, the gap in reading ability between the 15-year-olds in the Shanghai district of China and those in the United States is now as big as the gap between the U.S. and Serbia or Chile.
  • children who don't read are cut off from the civilization of their ancestors.
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Children's text messaging: abbreviations, input methods and links with literacy - 4 views

started by Janelle Taylor on 20 Jul 14 1 follow-up, last by Janelle Taylor on 20 Jul 14
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    #1 Janelle Taylor on 20 Jul 14
     
    Notes taken from the article. I was not able to annotate with Diigo.
    Link to article: http://search.ebscohost.com.oclc.fullsail.edu:81/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=57291996&site=ehost-live

    2008 statistics:
    8-11 y/o: 19% have mobile phones
    12-14 y/0: 76% have mobile phones
    14+ y/o: 69% text
    Grades 7-12: 90% avg. 11 texts per week

    Multipress Entry Experiments:
    British girls age 11-16 experiment conducted in 2003 by Neville:
    i. type two passages into a mobile phone- one traditional English the other textese
    ii. read two messages aloud- one in standard English the other textese
    iii. RESULTS: Writing time faster for textese & faster reading times for standard English methods
    2010 Australian experiment by Kemp w/ same parameters except the group was 22 y/o adults
    i. RESULTS were the same as above with more reading errors with messages written in textese


    "These findings converge on the important conclusion that while the use of textisms makes writing more efficient for the message sender, it costs the receiver more time to read it."

    The use of text prediction leads to phonological awareness increase, but spelling suffers

    Word prediction texters faster at reading and sending text messages
    Multipress Entry texters slower at reading and sending text messages
    "This suggests that exposure to textese does not improve reading fluency, either overall, or specifically for textese."


    APA format: Kemp, N. N., & Bushnell, C. C. (2011). Children's text messaging: abbreviations, input methods and links with literacy. Journal Of Computer Assisted Learning, 27(1), 18-27. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00400.x
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    #2 Janelle Taylor on 20 Jul 14
     
    Screenshot of the 12 ways to categorize textisms via Kemp's research. We can add it to the presentation if the group wants to.

    http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/jetaylor89/media/12textismclassificationcategories_zpsee9db46a.png.html

    APA Format: De Jonge, S., & Kemp, N. (2012). Text-message abbreviations and language skills in high school and university students. Journal Of Research In Reading, 35(1), 49-68. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9817.2010.01466.x
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Team A's Citation Page - 0 views

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Cohesive Thesis Statement - 17 views

started by jastadelman on 19 Jul 14 3 follow-ups, last by kcwenzel on 20 Jul 14
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    #2 Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    I'd say based on the presentations alone, without any bias, Team B did a better job of getting their points across. With that being said, I think our thesis should be "The use of texting and cyber slang in today's modern world, as a whole, does not promote the growth of literacy."
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    #4 Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    That sounds fair to me. So it would read "The use of texting in today's modern world, as a whole, does not promote the growth of literacy."
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    #7 Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    I've reviewed all the information for Team B. Some of their sources were credible, others were not. Do I need to do some of my own research now to support our thesis? OR Is our presentation only based on what we find within Team B's sources?

    Also, I have posted a few slides to our presentation. If they need to be deleted, by all means do so, but I needed another way to organize my thoughts for the initial research. I like using Diigo, but all the information can seem disorganized and over whelming to me from time to time.
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    #9 Janelle Taylor on 20 Jul 14
     
    I was thinking we should do something funny like autocorrect fails or texts that are filled with short hand. For example, the James Earl Jones and Malcolm McDowell "totes magotes" Sprint commercial
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Definitions of Literacy - 0 views

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      Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
       
      This article shows the evolution of the word "literacy." 
  • "Literacy not only involves competency in reading and writing, but goes beyond this to include the critical and effective use of these in peoples' lives, and the use of language (oral and written) for all purposes."
  • Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    This article was used to support Team B's use of multiple meanings for "literacy," ie- socially, grammatically, etc.
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Does Texting Harm Students' Writing Skills? - 0 views

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  • Cyber slang is suspected of damaging students’ writing acumen.
  • Cyber slang is a term used to describe shortcuts, alternative words, or even symbols used to convey thoughts in an electronic document.
  • text-based abbreviated communications teens use are showing up in more formal writing.
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  • The Times Daily newspaper cites a recent report
  • President of Dictionary.com Shravan Goli. “But ultimately, in the world of business and in the world they will live in, in terms of their jobs and professional lives, students will need good, solid reading and writing skills. I’m a little worried about where we are in America with literacy levels dropping. Are these [electronic devices] helping us, or making it worse? I think they may be going the other way and making it worse.”
  • One only has to spend about two minutes browsing the public pages of a social media platform like Facebook to find examples of cyber slang. In some cases, a second and third read is required before a sentence begins to make sense.
  • A public Facebook page entitled “If you think the rules at UnionCounty High School are ridiculous,” dealing with school policies in Union, S.C. offers these examples: “the new policy on dress code they handed out last week is our last chance 2 keep us out of uniforms. the new super intendant as u all know is from spartanburg is using the saturday school crap 2 take a note on how many offenses we have & will use it 2 make her decision. so we ned 2 stop breaking the dress code or we might have 2 really fight uniforms next year.” “dont worry abt us wearing uniforms nxt year. our parents wont buy them & the district cant even give us the first set cuz our parents pay the taxes & we cant afford them. so get ur parents opinion & make them disagress with uniforms!”
  • Article by Jason Tomaszewski, EducationWorld Associate EditorEducation World®     Copyright © 2011 Education World
  • Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    Team B's Cyber Slang Slide Blue highlight= what was included in their presentation Yellow highlight= more info
  • Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    This article seems like a credible source. They are interactive, allowing comments from readers. The author, his title, and all the copyright material is listed at the bottom of the page. The site is recognized by companies such as Encyclopedia Britannica, Microsoft, and USA Today.
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How Is Text Messaging Affecting Teen Literacy - College Essays - Shambre19 - 0 views

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  • Text messaging can affect a person’s social skills, writing skills, driving skills.
  • money that people spend on phones and texting can cause financial hardship.
  • has begun to have a detrimental effect on people’s writing skills.
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  • some of their grades dropped to the spelling errors
  • writing skills have turned into sentence fragments because of the limited space that they put texts into sentence.
  • “Among the 64 percent of students who say they incorporated text language in their writing, 25 percent said they did so to convey emotion and 38 percent said they have used text shortcuts A lot of students’ vocabulary and grammar is also affecting their literacy.”
  • They seem to have the phones that will spell the word for them so they don’t have to worry about spelling.
  • Teens seem to break up with their girlfriend or boyfriend with just a text message.
  • spend more time texting than to hanging out there their friends and family.
  • can prevent introverted people becoming confident.
  • Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    Team B's Sentence Structure slide- second source Yellow highlight- additional info Blue highlight- what was used in their slides
  • Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    This is not a credible source either because the site requires a membership to view the whole essay and there are no visible sources cited to a non-member.
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Text messaging and literacy | Language Debates - 0 views

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  • Texters usually want to send messages quickly
  • shortening words or purposely misspelling for ease
  • Woronoff (2007) thinks so. He describes texting as a “habit forming menace [which] can influence kids to spell incorrectly”.
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  • ‘new language’ may replace Standard English and young people will become unable to use our language ‘properly’.
  • There has been evidence to support this claim. For example, The Daily Telegraph (2004) published an article entitled “Pupils resort to text language in GCSE exams”. It explained that some teens misspelt words and used textisms in their GCSE papers. Despite this, The Daily Telegraph then later published an article in 2011 supporting the opposite point of view. The heading read “text messaging ‘improves children’s spelling skills”.
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  • English Language undergraduates at the University of Chester (UK ) review debates and controversies in the world of English Language and Linguistics
  • Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    Team B's "Sentence Structure" slide Blue highlight= what they used in their slide Yellow highlight= further evidence/proof Pink highlight= direct contradiction in their article 
  • Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    I don't find this to be a credible source in that the site is a series of brief research essays that don't take a side on the matter. They are neither pro-text language or anti-text language and have support for both sides in the essay that Team B selected as their source.
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They Can Text, But Can They Talk? - 0 views

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  • Actual conversation is becoming a thing of the past
  • and that's not good for our kids' future.
  • They don't know how to handle conflict face to face because so many things happen through some sort of technology," said Melissa Ortega, a child psychologist at New York's Child Mind Institute. "Clinically, I'm seeing it in the office. The high school kids who I do see will be checking their phones constantly. They'll use it as an avoidance strategy. They'll see if they got a text message in the two minutes they were talking to me."
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  • Now we have an escape route, a Blackberry or iPhone, available any time a stranger (gasp!) starts up an elevator conversation.
  • Gary Small, a neuroscientist and author of "iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind."
  • "They haven't had these years of learning about awkward pauses. Being able to tolerate the discomfort is not something they're going to be used to, unless their parents make it a priority."
  • "We're seeing very, very young children being given these devices to soothe them and to entertain them, and it's displacing the connection with the parent," said Rowan.
  • Our brains have evolved to like constant stimulation and variety,"
  • Humans send many nonverbal cues, from fidgeting to foot tapping, long pauses to eye contact.
  • young people are not learning when they're using these devices
  • they may have trouble initiating interactions, those small talk situations. They don't have as much experience doing it because they're not engaging in it
  • Cris Rowan, a pediatric occupational therapist,
  • "We're seeing escalating diagnoses of all sorts of mental illness in children.
  • children that aren't happy and aren't well-adjusted."
  • British neuroscientist warned that Internet use may be rewiring our brains and leading to attention deficits. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • "As children and parents are attaching more and more to technology, they're detaching from each other, and we know as a species we need to connect," Rowan said.
  • in much the same way that reclusive youths turned to television and gaming systems in the past, so might today's teens turn to computer screens and smartphones.
  • so there's no creativity, there's no imagination, no self-initiation," Rowan said.
  • The ability to self-regulate -- that is, to manage our own emotions and behavior -- is being undermined, too,
  • When Children Text All Day, What Happens To Their Social Skills?
  • Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    "Social Skills" slide for Team B. Yellow highlight= further evidence from article Blue highlight= team B's info on slide
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Debate screenshots - 2 views

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  • Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    Debate teams and their respective screenshots
  • Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    I'm apologizing in advance for Team A's citation page. They had so many that the font was microscopic. We'll just have to work with it.
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Team B - 12 views

started by jastadelman on 19 Jul 14 no follow-up yet
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    #2 Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    I felt that team B was more knowledgable than team A and utilized their presentation better. I used this system of categories to rank their presentations:

    Professionalism/Professional Sound: 10/10
    Knowledgeability: 9/10
    Research/Citations: 10/10 because they had a citation at the bottom of EVERY slide
    Slide Quality: 8/10 because they were a bit wordy
    Verbatim Reading of Slides: 6/10 because they read every slide word for word, but also threw in a few thoughts that were not scripted on the slide
    Unique Attribute to the Presentation: 7/10 because each slide seemed like it was made specifically for the info on the slide
    Overall Score: 50/60

    I felt like they focused more on texting affecting written literacy than any other kind. They showed that texting can cause poor grammar and spelling skills.
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Team A - 8 views

started by jastadelman on 19 Jul 14 no follow-up yet
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    #2 Janelle Taylor on 19 Jul 14
     
    I felt that team A was not as knowledgeable about their subject compared to team B. I used this list of categories to rate their performances:

    Professionalism/Professional Speaking: 8/10
    Knowledgeability: 6/10 because they read every slide and didn't add anything that wasn't scripted on the screen
    Research/Citations: 8/10 because there were many citations, but they were almost too small to read
    Slide Quality: 8/10 because it was prepared with a generic Prezi guide
    Verbatim Reading of Slides: 1/10 because they READ EVERY WORD ON THE SCREEN
    Unique Aspect to the presentation: 3/10 because there was no personal touch to the presentation, but it was neat and orderly
    Overall Score: 35/60

    I felt the only convincing part of their presentation was the bit about Afghanistan using texting to teach girls to read. That, to me at this point, seems to be the only bit of info that can be proved or disproved with research.
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