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Technology Tip Number 149
A New Kind of Literacy?

In today’s technology tip I’d like to share a book that tackles the questions of literacy and computers. The author, Linda W. Braun, attempts to address how teenagers are using computers to communicate (email, instant messaging, message boards, etc.) and whether or not it’s helping or hurting their literacy skills. Here is an excerpt from the book:

"IM and texting require a variety of skills including those related to reading and writing. 'Though plenty of adults grumble about e-mail and instant-messaging (IM), and the text messages that send adolescent thumbs dancing across cell phone keypads, many experts insist that teenage composition is as strong as ever--and that the proliferation of writting, in all its harried, hasty forms, has actually created a generation more adept with the written word' (McCarroll 2005)"

Braun, Linda W. "Teens, Technology and Literacy." Page 23

Much more research needs to be done but the book does pose some interesting questions and observations about how interacting daily through technology is effecting the literacy skills of students. If you’d like to read more a link to excerpts from the book is listed below:

Teens, Technology and Literacy
By Linda W. Braun

"Are today's technologies-email, chat, IM, blogging, and electronic games-ruining the reading and writing skills of teens? This author proposes that, because the technology often defines how one communicates, today's teens are actually exploring and developing new literacies, and learning to use technology in the most effective ways possible...more"

Teens, Technology and Literacy; or, Why Bad Grammar Isn't Always Bad

PRACTICE ACTIVITY: If you have a chance, check out the book listed above. If you follow this link you can read excerpts from the book on Google Books: Preview Book

TO KEEP ON LEARNING: To learn more about technology and literacy try searching the internet for:

Literacy and blogging
Literacy and email
Computers and literacy
im, texting, literacy
Teens and technology

Have a nice day!

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