Writing vs rtng August 27, 2007
Posted by Matthew Woolums in 21st-Century, Articles/Videos.trackback
There was an interesting conversation at work today where one parent worried about their child’s spelling habits of including IM acronyms. I mentioned that IM was more like a separate language and that their child was spelling correctly, just not for English. The differences for communication between generations is outlined in a special News.com feature: Digital Kids. In it, Cindy Post Senning (great-granddaughter of Emily Post) talks about her new book. One of the more interesting points:
Nonetheless, Seiter believes that the propensity of kids and teens to use e-mail and IM makes them better able to write and communicate, even if it’s not on paper. “All types of writing helps all other types of writing,” she said. “The important thing about writing is formulating thoughts and ideas.”
The full article “Say So Long to Letter Writing” can be found here:
http://news.com.com/Say+so+long+to+traditional+letter+writing/2009-1025_3-6204248.html
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