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Janelle Taylor

Team A's Citation Page - 0 views

I asked team A to send me their citation page. This is what I received. - Slide 2: Text Messaging: Basically Addictive or Essentially Additive? http://www.decodedscience.com/text-messaging-basic...

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jastadelman

Does Texting Harm Students' Writing Skills? - 0 views

  • 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
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    Team B's Cyber Slang Slide Blue highlight= what was included in their presentation Yellow highlight= more info
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    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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    The explosion of social media has completely changed the way we communicate with each other. Whether via laptop computers, advanced mobile devices, Wi-Fi or enhanced 4G wireless networks, we are more connected than ever to everyone we know. Texting and the slang that goes with it have crept into students' more formal writing.
Janelle Taylor

UK Literacy Trust - 1 views

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 re...

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