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The topic of whether or not text messaging is affecting the literacy of the young generation has become a relevant issue today. Some feel that messaging has severely affected proper grammar and others think that it has only helped improve spelling and writing. What I have found is that many people do have concerns about this topic or they have never even thought of it. I am here to discuss what we know, do not know, why it is important, give my findings, and discuss how I feel about text messaging. How has text messaging affected the grammar of our young generation, and how is it affecting their writing?

ch. 7&8

The research I have been doing for Core 4 would be a combination of arguments and factual. It is a combination of both of these because I am giving information and facts describing what I have found in my research as well as explaining what the topic entails. As said in Lunsford, I have been trying to make a claim about where I stand on this issue and have an argument, but also am going to try and explain what others feel about this and maybe explain why I think that they feel that way. I will also try and support my research and try and back-up my arguments and research.

I will also try and create an argument that has definition as it says to do so in chapter 8 of Lunsford. All of this research will be a combination because I am not only just giving facts about the topic but I will give my input on what each research article is about and state whether I agree with their claims or not. There might be some articles that I do agree with but others that I feel that are completely off balance. I will do my best to try and make my argument present and understandable. Also, I will have to see which research articles I agree with and which ones I do not and pick where I want to agree and disagree. I have to pick which facts that I have found that I agree with and be able to stay with that and explain why I agree.

In Core 4 I will present my topic and my research and describe what the issues of the topic are about. Also I will explain my research and what we know and do not know about this topic. I also want to let others know why I care about this topic and what outcome I want to see come out if it. And I want others to know why we should care and explain how it could be possibly affecting them as well and not just the young generation.

I feel that my paper is indeed a combination of an argument as well as a definition of facts. It is an argument because I will be stating my opinions on the topic and stating how I feel about some research that I do not agree with on terms of their findings. The paper will be factual because I will give facts pertaining to the issue as well as describing what it is and why it has become an issue in the grammar and literacy world. Not only will this paper benefit those who care about the subject, it might even be a wake up call to the younger generation who will read it and find that they need to keep proper grammar alive and really understand what messaging has done to their own personal education. It will let them know that they are the ones holding themselves back form knowing how to be grammatically correct so maybe they will start to see that they can write correctly, but also write in message style form when not for education purposes.

reflection of research

The conversation about my topic which is how is text messaging affecting literacy is biased. Some say that text messaging is affeting this generation of children and students literacy because the grammar is being used improperly. Also that this generation is losing the proper way to write in sentences and with proper subject, predicate form. The other conversation that is going around is those who are saying that text messaging is only helping, not destroying writing. Some researchers are saying that it is helping with the writing of children because they can easily know how to abbreviate and use the correct form of words when needed and can easily switch from text language to proper language.

I do not necessarily have any problems, however I do think that I need to find a few more articles that state different arguments and opinions. Rather than have more that agree with each other than disagree, I need to find some that think text messaging is not affecting literacy.

core 1 final draft

Technology has become a part of everyday life all across the globe. It has affected the world around us and created a whole other type of literacy. The type of literacy technology has created is called digital literacy. Digital literacy is a comprehension of how to use common computer skills that are needed in everyday use. Being in this tech savvy world has almost demanded that everyone be digitally literate no matter what his or her age and background.

There are technologies that I am good at and others that I need to work on. As I was growing up I was introduced to the computer at a very young age by playing games and learning how to type. For example, from an in class reading of Devoss case study, I related most to the study of Brittany Moraski. She also grew up with the upcoming technology and had an educated upbringing as well. At a young age she already learned how to play games on the computer and developed digital literacy very well. Her family was strong on getting an education as well as reading and I feel that her technological experience is similar to min (Devoss p.191).

There are many technologies I am good at, but there are also some that I need to develop skills in. Phones, Internet, email, texting, and computers are ones that I have the greatest knowledge of. These electronics have helped make life easier and have shaped many people’s lives, including mine. Without them I think that my world would be very different because I never really grew up without it all. The computer has formed the way that I live my life everyday. It is in the way that I socialize, talk, research, and even manage business.

One of the only problems I have with being from a generation of always having computer technology is that I feel that it has been a bad influence on communication. There is almost no personal relation or communication that is happening anymore. People can be one way on the computer and then be totally different in person. A lot of the time it is taking the place of human interaction and I realize that large amounts of young people are becoming addicted to this entire new media.

As technology is developing everyday at a rapid pace I sometimes wonder how it will affect human interaction. Of course there will always be the natural human interaction but even now in this day, people talk verbally the same way that they write. I feel it is affecting proper grammar and the common knowledge of how to read and write. I do not feel that this is a bad thing at all I just want everyone to understand and realize the impact all of this has had on our culture.

Since today’s culture is so attached the digital world, many cannot even imagine what it would be like to go a day without it. As a student, a lot of schoolwork and responsibilities lie in technology. Being digitally literate for education and work is a top skill that employers look for this day in age. In light of this, many have either taught themselves or taken courses on how to work computers and even other technologies that are needed for their career.

School is where being digitally literate has helped me even before coming to college. However, college is where it has had the biggest impact so far. It is almost like you have to be dependent on technology to stay informed about your surroundings. A lot of teachers and administrators use online web courses, WebPages, and emails to stay in contact with students. This also is a way for professors to inform about homework and events that are coming up in future class meetings.

I would definitely have to say that I depend on technology a little too much for personal use. It has almost become a source of entertainment and something that I put all of my focus and interest in. My mother always tells me that I could be accomplishing a lot more important tasks that need to be done in my life instead of just always being on the computer or texting.

These are all aspects of my life that have made me dependent on technology because it is the way that I stay connected with the people in my life. I do wish sometimes that technology was not as prevalent. As stated earlier I just really do believe that it has killed a part of human interaction that we will never regain. Communication and speech has been forever molded into everything basing itself on technological advances.

There are a good amount of technological trends that I think are great and others that can be dangerous used in the wrong situation. For example of a wrong situation, texting and talking on the phone while driving has been proven to cause fatal accidents. When I see friends texting while driving I often tell them to put their phone down because it is dangerous and I do not want them to be responsible for killing someone or even themselves.

The trend of emailing and texting from cell phones is a constant occurrence that happens every second of the day and it worries me that people cannot simply wait until they are out of the car. That text or email can wait, it really is a matter of life and death when you are in a car driving.

In general, digital trends are nothing to be worried about. I find many of them very interesting and intelligent. Some trends that excite me would be all of the music production technologies and videos that are available on the computer and on the web. It is easy to put up videos or learn how to do certain things just by typing in a how to and watching the clip. Computers sometimes even come with software that makes music easy and accessible to have and create. I love this because as a big music lover it makes listening, creating, and playing music so much more enjoyable.

For the most part technology has been one of the greatest discoveries our culture has seen and will ever see. It is one of those progressions is society that only gets better with time. Now more than ever is the time for people to be digitally literate. If you are not, it is never too late to learn but you will have a lot of catching up to do. For those of you who are digitally literate, all you can do is stay current and advance along with technology so that you will not get left behind. Technology will always be a way to communicate, work, research, and socialize. Starting today, we can use whatever digital literacy skills we have to help and keep the world aware and up to date with what is happening around the globe. In doing so, we are bettering mankind by helping others in the best ways that we know how.

works cited for core 1 final draft

Danielle, Devoss. "The Future Of Literacy." 191-95. Print.

Audience awareness

The author of this article claims that the way that an author writes should be towards the audience they are writing to. For example, if you are writing to a group of children you are not going to use the same phrases and words that you would use if you were writing to a group of college students. You have to analyze the way children write, read, and respond to text to be able to fully aware and reach your audience.

part II

The future technologies that I will probably use in the future will consist of office-based software such as word, PowerPoint, etc. No matter what I or someone chooses to major in, I will definitely be using computer technology and digital literacy. Along with the career I would love to do would be something involved in music such as singing and music production. That would make me learn how to use the technologies to record, cut, and use different production software in music.

No matter if I am in an office or in a recording studio, I have to learn how to learn these certain technologies now so that in the future I am already ahead of it. Being ahead of those technologies will let me work on being better at my career and talents instead of wasting that time trying to figure out the technology needed for the specific job.