Conflicting Reports on Student Writing Quality - Better or Worse? - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T02:05:56Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/conflicting-reports-on-student?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A516989&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI am currently a college stud…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-09-02:649749:Comment:7343972011-09-02T18:27:51.046ZJessie Raganhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JessieRagan
I am currently a college student, and I find that my own writing skills have not decreased since the rise of texting and Internet use. I may be an exception to the rule, but I still find that I enjoy writing, and I am a fairly decent writer. Although I do see where you are coming from with the texting and Internet use being a hindrance to writing in general, I think that it all depends on the person. If the person wants to write and actually enjoys it, it seems that he or she tends to write…
I am currently a college student, and I find that my own writing skills have not decreased since the rise of texting and Internet use. I may be an exception to the rule, but I still find that I enjoy writing, and I am a fairly decent writer. Although I do see where you are coming from with the texting and Internet use being a hindrance to writing in general, I think that it all depends on the person. If the person wants to write and actually enjoys it, it seems that he or she tends to write better than those who dislike writing. Of course, I'm sure it does depend on increased technology use to a point, but I'm not sure that is solely to blame. I hope this helps! In my middle-school intervent…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-08-10:649749:Comment:7061102011-08-10T23:46:42.490ZPeter Lanehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/PeterLane
In my middle-school intervention reading classes I try to keep the instruction going by having the flow change every 15-20 minutes. This keeps them engaged as I have found that if we take more than that they become distracted and off-task. As the year progresses I try to stretch out our segments so they end up reading for longer periods - the same is true for our writing assignments. I find that they are able to focus more as the year progresses. Unfortunately, the summer break tends to…
In my middle-school intervention reading classes I try to keep the instruction going by having the flow change every 15-20 minutes. This keeps them engaged as I have found that if we take more than that they become distracted and off-task. As the year progresses I try to stretch out our segments so they end up reading for longer periods - the same is true for our writing assignments. I find that they are able to focus more as the year progresses. Unfortunately, the summer break tends to kill any progress we have made... :( Fascinating. Hard to imagine…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-08-10:649749:Comment:7060202011-08-10T22:32:00.288ZSteve Hargadonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
Fascinating. Hard to imagine where this is all going. I hadn't thought about the reading aspect, so glad you've brought it up.
Fascinating. Hard to imagine where this is all going. I hadn't thought about the reading aspect, so glad you've brought it up. I do agree that today's techn…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-12-07:649749:Comment:5747292010-12-07T05:27:48.989ZAmy Broomfieldhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AmyBroomfield
I do agree that today's technologies have encouraged students to write more which leads to students being more comfortable with writing. Though with todays styles I am not sure I agree with the quality of the writing improving. I know as a student, I struggle when trying to write a formal paper to leave out all my slang writing habbits.
I do agree that today's technologies have encouraged students to write more which leads to students being more comfortable with writing. Though with todays styles I am not sure I agree with the quality of the writing improving. I know as a student, I struggle when trying to write a formal paper to leave out all my slang writing habbits. I think that it's important t…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-12-06:649749:Comment:5744322010-12-06T02:17:38.129ZGillian Ryanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GillianRyan
I think that it's important to teach that different rules apply for different genres of writing. Texting and blogging have become types of writing. I teach my students (5th graders) that there are different expectations and needs for different writing purposes. I expect quality (grammar, spelling, organization, etc.) for assignments. If it is not quality, I give it back to them until it turns into quality. My students are motivated to be done with an assignment. I've found that if I don't…
I think that it's important to teach that different rules apply for different genres of writing. Texting and blogging have become types of writing. I teach my students (5th graders) that there are different expectations and needs for different writing purposes. I expect quality (grammar, spelling, organization, etc.) for assignments. If it is not quality, I give it back to them until it turns into quality. My students are motivated to be done with an assignment. I've found that if I don't accept it until it is quality they are mort apt to strive for quality the first time they turn it in. I think that what we expect of students is what we get, and we won't get quality writing from them unless we expect it. I have seen some of the writi…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-10-31:649749:Comment:5239852010-10-31T20:50:33.504ZBill Martinhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BillMartin
I have seen some of the writings of middle school age students who text frequently and it was a bit disturbing. Their grammar and spelling was horrible. Most writing programs even come with spell checker, and this was apparently not used, why, I have no idea. Even if writing by hand we have dictionaries. They were certain that their spelling and grammar were correct because that is how they do things sending texts. For some reason they are unable or unwilling to separate text language from the…
I have seen some of the writings of middle school age students who text frequently and it was a bit disturbing. Their grammar and spelling was horrible. Most writing programs even come with spell checker, and this was apparently not used, why, I have no idea. Even if writing by hand we have dictionaries. They were certain that their spelling and grammar were correct because that is how they do things sending texts. For some reason they are unable or unwilling to separate text language from the English language. I was going to bring up the s…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-10-30:649749:Comment:5233512010-10-30T03:44:25.034ZLaurenhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LaurenLonsberry
I was going to bring up the same article! I still see mixed views on this subject though. There is the article above saying that technology like blogging helps students because they know their writing is public and many will be able to view it and there is technology like texting with all the abbreviations/other endless misspellings. I have friends working in middle schools who say the writing is atrocious and the other feedback seems to be formal studies or articles, so I tend to lean on the…
I was going to bring up the same article! I still see mixed views on this subject though. There is the article above saying that technology like blogging helps students because they know their writing is public and many will be able to view it and there is technology like texting with all the abbreviations/other endless misspellings. I have friends working in middle schools who say the writing is atrocious and the other feedback seems to be formal studies or articles, so I tend to lean on the side of saying that writing has seemed to decline. Actual writing occurs less an…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-10-29:649749:Comment:5232672010-10-29T21:16:32.340ZTerry Fonsecahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/TerryFonseca
Actual writing occurs less and less because of time constraints and teaching-to-the test lessons. Students need to produce the non-stop writing that happens in a writing workshop oriented classroom to develop proficient skills. Now the decision needs to be made if the writing will be pen to paper or should kids do their writing on the computer?
Actual writing occurs less and less because of time constraints and teaching-to-the test lessons. Students need to produce the non-stop writing that happens in a writing workshop oriented classroom to develop proficient skills. Now the decision needs to be made if the writing will be pen to paper or should kids do their writing on the computer? I have read articles provided…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-10-28:649749:Comment:5229462010-10-28T20:25:58.807Zblankhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SamanthaHuizar
I have read articles provided to me from my professor about students writing being better or worse due to the internet and texting. From the readings I understood that students were turning in work with emoticon faces and acronyms since they use it often in texting and post online for tweets and facebook. As far as having students write blogs for classwork their writing improved. Students having blogs for assignments to turn in created a classroom audience and motivated the students to write…
I have read articles provided to me from my professor about students writing being better or worse due to the internet and texting. From the readings I understood that students were turning in work with emoticon faces and acronyms since they use it often in texting and post online for tweets and facebook. As far as having students write blogs for classwork their writing improved. Students having blogs for assignments to turn in created a classroom audience and motivated the students to write better since it would be seen by all their peers and not just by the teacher! I can address this from a Col…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-10-20:649749:Comment:5199072010-10-20T03:21:04.966Zjames thornburghhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/jamesthornburgh
I can address this from a College standpoint. I taught college computer literacy classes from 2006-2009. In the class I had them research something having to do with technology (their choice) and write a 3 page research paper. I saw the majority of students' have a harder time with this as time when on. Some of the most common problems were, not following directions, using first Person in the body, Using texting shortcuts, horrible grammar, and not double checking their sources. I once had a…
I can address this from a College standpoint. I taught college computer literacy classes from 2006-2009. In the class I had them research something having to do with technology (their choice) and write a 3 page research paper. I saw the majority of students' have a harder time with this as time when on. Some of the most common problems were, not following directions, using first Person in the body, Using texting shortcuts, horrible grammar, and not double checking their sources. I once had a journalism major write an entire paper filled with first person, and instead of typing "I" (upper case i) she wrote "l" (lower case L).<br />
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I am in the process of designing new courses at a different school, and which I would like to add writing components, but am unsure (and a little scared) of the quality of writing that I should expect.<br />
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BTW I'm in CA.