More fun reads than biz reads as I recover from surgery and can barely handle the heavy-duty thinking.
- 10 Golden Lessons from Steve Jobs [Link: Pamela Poole]
- Series of articles on how people use a computer with different disabilities (look to the right for more) [Link: Laura Carlson]
- Test My Brain
- RunPee: OK, admit it. You find yourself needing to go in the middle of a good movie, but can’t decide whether to suffer a little longer or go now. Wonder no more. Next time you go to the movies, check RunPee to find out the best times to go.
- Top 10 BBQ Blogs: What kind of Texan would I be if I didn’t mention this? [Link: Michael Kogon]
- 9 Video Games That Went Too Far
- The 10 Commandments, in TXT Spk: #3: No OMGs [Link: RaToTheBec]
CNN.com quotes the State Examination Commission, which said, “The emergence of the mobile phone and the rise of text messaging as a popular means of communication would appear to have impacted on standards of writing as evidenced in the responses of candidates.”
Apparently, students write short sentences using simple tenses and a limited vocabulary. Maybe my experience doesn’t apply since I was an adult before I started instant messaging or text messaging. But I treat texting/im’ing as a separate language from writing and speaking.
My daughter frequently uses texting and instant messaging, and I’ve yet to see any problems with her writing and vocabulary. She started texting and im’ing around 10 or 11. All I think educators can do is continue with the curriculum and mark any misspelled words as wrong. They also should give lower grades to assignments with limited vocabulary and simple sentences. I hope this isn’t the start of bad writing habits.
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