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Keypad Solutions

Quote:
"I contacted several of the spelling-reform organizations in operation today to ask them about their feelings on adopting text-messaging shorthands as a kind of spelling reform."

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I believe that text-messaging shorthand should not be a kind of spelling reform. People using shorthand all the time just are simply too lazy to write out the word. Sometimes the shorthand is just as long as the actual word, so what is the point to shorthand it. You might as well just spell the actual word out.  Society, believes that everything just be easy and thrown at them with all answers and that’s not how it works.  It is going to look not very professional with a whole bunch of shorthand writing. Words were spelt like they are for a reason.  

Reference:

SHEA, AMMON. "On Language - The Keypad Solution - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., 22 Jan. 2010. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24FOB-onlanguage-t.html.

 

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Some times its hard to even understand what a person is trying to say in short hand.

Reference:
"shorthand texts - Bing Images." Bing. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=shorthand+texts&view=detail

 

Learning Styles

I found out on the learning test that I am an aural learning. I learn best with hearing things aloud to me. To take information in I need to attend classes and or discussions. I need to hear the information to understand it better. For studying I need to write them better, because I prefer listening it and my notes lack information, because I like listening to the information better. When taking a test I need to act as if I'm talking to the examiner in my head. I need to read the questions aloud softly or in my head. I take tests better in quiet. Some stratergies I need to employ is taking better notes while listening to lectures. I do believe that this test is accurate, because I do learn better listening.

Wordle & Poll Everywhere

For Poll Everywhere we had created a question that we wanted to know more about our peers. Then we had our peers answer these questtions. After the question was answered we created a wordle with the answers to the question. The wordle creates an image of all the answers in a fun way.


As wanting to be a Kindergarden teacher I  would love to use wordle to make it a more fun way to learn. I could use wordle as a vocabulary words. Or where I'm from they call them "sight words" for Kindergarden students. Here, I could post their vocabulary words into a wordle and then have them look at the words and write the words down into catergories such as colors, numbers and such. This way I can see they completely understand the word.

The use of wordle has a connection with ISTE NETS-T  Standard 1 because it is taking the material you have taught into a collaborative tool to see that the students have a conceptual understanding and creative process of the material taught.

Using Poll Everywhere in your classroom has a connection with ISTE NETS-T Standard 2 beacause this way you can have every child participate without being embarrassed because of not knowing the answer. It can also help others learn in a different way by seeing other students responses and understand the question more. It also helps students understand how to answer questions through technology, or even find different resources other than the book.

Both of these tools can promote learning in the classroom because its a different way to come about your material and more interactive for students. Its not the boring book or sheet of paper you passed out. They will be more engaged because its hands on.

Language Changing (Double Journal Entry 2

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"In each instance, technology enhances our ability to manipulate our communication with others. As the arsenal of control devices continues to grow, we increasingly come to see language not as an opportunity for interpersonal dialogue but as a system we can maneuver for individual gain."

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With technology evolving more and more as a form of communication for people, actual public speaking comes to a downfall. It makes some socially declined. From former experience people have no problem talking to someone over text message or instant messaging, but when they see them in person they try to avoid them. This could make getting jobs or keeping a job an issue later in life. If people can't talk to someone face to face how are they supposed to make a living off of this. You especially see this in middle school aged children. They can text guys they go to school with, but once they see them in person they are too nervous to talk to them.

Reference
Baron, Naomi. "Are Digital Media Changing Language? ." Educational Leadership Mar. 2009: 42-46. Educational Leadership. Web. 4 Sept. 2011.

Related Source
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/546223/Face-to-face-communication-not-always-comfortable-for-teens.html?nav=742

Here in this article it is stating how students use technology to communicate rather than face to face and the downfalls on it.

Reference
Muska, Scott. "Face-to-face communication not always comfortable for teens." Altoona Mirror 16 Jan. 2011, sec. Local News: n. pag. Altoona Mirror.com. Web. 4 Sept. 2011.

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