How technology is affecting the way students write

This is an article from the November issue of Campus Technology Magazine called "Is Tech Changing the Way Students Write?"  Some educators believe that it is, but not for the better.  Because students read online material in a more superficial fashion, their writing tends to reflect that same level of superficiality according to Naomi Baron, Executive Director for the Center for Teaching, Research and Learning at American University and author of the forthcoming book from Oxford University Press "Words Onscreen:  The Fate of Reading in a Digital World."  As Professor Baron says: "Students get the message that what they write should be short, and it doesn't matter as much because no one is going to read it more than once . . . .  This attitude translates into a certain amount of sloppiness."  Here's the link.

Hat tip to Professor Eric Young.

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