Will text talk be our new language?

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   "Are instant messaging and text messaging killing language? To hear what the popular media say, a handful of OMGs (oh my god) and smiley faces, along with a paucity of capital letters and punctuation marks, might be bringing English to its knees." (baron, 2009)




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  All through school when turning in papers I could remember teachers saying things such as, "Leave that text message talk out of your paper or your getting an F!"I never really thought anything of it because where I am from we don't have cell phone service. We hardly even have good enough internet connection to be on Facebook for more then a couple minutes. So it's hard to understand this whole text message lingo when I see it, but since i've moved to Fairmont I am beginning to see exactly how it works little by little. 
  Reading this article really opened my eyes to see exactly how text message lingo is steadily working its way into every day language. A couple years ago if someone would have looked at me and said BRB I would have had probably thought they were insulting me in some way. But getting in the swing of texting and instant messaging I see so many acronyms that I generally have no idea what they mean. So I do believe that one day the statement above will be true. I do believe that eventually as the younger kids now grow up text talk will take over many words in the English language. 
  The acronyms people use such as LOL are so much easier then writing the whole thing out. It takes less time and is simply the fastest way to say what you  need to say. Thats what our generation kids are wanting.. the easiest way out. Getting things done quickly because they believe they have better things to do with their life then sit and write a 3 page paper. From the article I read it seems that eventually these kids are going to completely change their attitude about the English language. It's going to eventually be thrown out all together.
  As I was reading I found that the text talk isn't that bad right now. College students might slip in a BRB or LOL every once in a while, but they aren't really bad about it. What they are bad about is just hitting spell check and not actually taking the time to see what they spelled or even what they changed the word to. Technology makes things so easy we don't even have to think twice and our computer is changing the word for us. Kinda creepy if you think about it.. the computer knows more then you do! 
  All in all it might not be today or tomorrow but eventually text talk is going to be whats going into papers for school. At first it might just slip but eventually it's just going to be habit. Along with it will come no periods or capital letters. Because thats simply what we are coming accustomed to. It's what we do every day! 


  
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  Apart from the occasionally this video shows so many acronyms that people use today. While I watched this video I didn't even know some of these existed. Some made me laugh because I would have never even thought to make these up. People today are smart and know how to get themselves out of typing a long sentence just watch for yourself! 

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Baron, N. (2000). Alphabet to email: How written English evolved and where it's heading. New York: Routledge.

Crystal, D. (2008). Txtng: The gr8 db8. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Hale, C., & Scanlon, J. (1999). Wired style: Principals of English usage in the digital age. New York: Broadway Books.

Lenhart, A., Smith, A., & Macgill, A. R. (2008). Writing, technology, and teens. Washington, DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project. Available:http://pewresearch.org/pubs/808/writing-technology-and-teens

Plester, B., Wood, C., & Bell, V. (2008). Txt msg n school literacy: Does texting and knowledge of text abbreviations adversely affect children's literacy attainment?Literacy, 42(3) 137–144.

       

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"Chances are just that good that, in spite of anything you do, little Oliver or Abigail won’t end up a doctor or lawyer — or, indeed, anything else you’ve ever heard of. According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, fully 65 percent of today’s grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn’t been invented yet."(Heffernan, 2011)


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   While reading this article I couldn't believe that the world is going to change so much. Being a twentieth century student I don't realize all that is changing around me. The whole article at times made my jaw drop and completely stunned, but this quote caught me way off guard. The thought that teachers are trying to get children ready for a world that changes as much as it does. I've grown up where everyones thoughts were always the normal teacher, doctor, or vet. But no one has ever said I want a job that hasn't been invented yet. I don't think anyone really realizes that the world is changing as much as it is. That everyday something new is invented and a new job opportunity arises.  
   On the first day of class we watched a video that dealt with this topic. We talked about how technology is going to one day take over the job workforce. That eventually no one will ever have to go to the office and work. All work could be done from anywhere! Even while your on vacation, because eventually offices won't be there. Everything that people do now will eventually be done only on the computer. 
   I don't think people realize that the world changes every second of the day. Even teachers don't know exactly what they need to be preparing their students for. No one can be sure of what the world is going to be like several years from now. I believe that if the world is going to basically be computer orientated that teachers need to be preparing students by using many computer programs to help them learn. Just being out of high school a few years ago I remember no teachers did anything on the computer. We used textbooks, and did everything on paper. Teachers don't know how to use the computer with every day assignments. To get down to it.. teachers just don't know how to educate their students for the world ahead. 


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  This article mentioned that todays students are being prepared for jobs that don't yet exist. Many years from now most work will be done from home on a computer. Students aren't being taught how to use computers in school. They aren't being taught different computer programs or anything. Todays students are used to the computer. At home thats all they do whether it be playing video games or Facebook. Students are becoming bored in school because teachers are teaching in ways that don't excite us. Teachers should be using more computers in their lesson plans, because one day computers is going to be where all our work is going to be. 

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Heffernan, V. (2011, August 11). Education needs a digital-age upgrade. The New York Times,


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Adding it up.

My name is Ashley Jones and I was born in Richmond, Virginia. My father recently retired from the military so I do believe I am finally able to settle where I live at presently in Fairmont, West Virginia. Throughout my life I have moved from place to place starting new schools and making new friends. One thing that stayed the same was my constant love for math!
I am currently enrolled in school with a major of 5-9 math education. With many different schools and many different math teachers I have found different techniques of easier ways to learn. I have seen with many people that not everyone learns the same, and it is the job of the teacher to do different activities to help every single person in the classroom understands exactly what is going on. I believe that if one student is left behind and doesn't understand.. everyone else in the classroom mine as well be in the dark as well. To me if a student doesn't understand what is going on then I failed at my job. The teacher is the one that molds their selves around how students learn. Not the students mold themselves to the way the teacher is teaching.
Students in my class would learn both hands on and visually. Doing fun activities for prizes is really a way to get younger kids involved. I know that I am going to have to come up with many different activities both on paper and on the computer to keep the attention of the ever changing ways kids learn.