Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Quote:
“In studying new media language, however, I’ve become convinced that more fundamental linguistic changes are afoot. The shifts I’m talking about are not in vocabulary, spelling, or punctuation, but in our attitudes toward language structure.” (Baron, March 2009).
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It is hard to know sometimes how our life has changed until we stop for a moment in order to think about how different it is from ten or even five years ago. Recently, digital media has impacted most of our daily lives. Baron (2009) addressed the fact that our past language has been governed by rules. Now it would appear those rules are changing. Digital media has shown the capacity to profoundly impact our lives and our attitudes toward communication with others. Have we adopted a “laissez-faire” attitude or have we established a certain level of control over our communication with others? It would appear that changing paradigms reveal an attitude of “whatever” when it comes to digital media. Baron (2009) suggested that many are adopting attitudes that involve a less formal structure. As future educators, we must ask the question, “How is digital media affecting our students?”
Reference:
Baron, N. S. (2009, March). Are Digital Media Changing Literature? Retrieved from
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Are-
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Related Resource:
The MacArthur Foundation is investigating the impact technology has on the changing attitudes of our students and their learning. The MacArthur Foundation has dedicated $50 million to this project. More information is available at www.digitallearning.macfound.org. A link is provided to the video entitled “Are Kids Different Because of Digital Media?” This video takes a look at how learning environments are changing for today’s student.
Rebecca, I agree that digital media is changing how we all talk or communicate. I think we all need to just accept the change and adapt.
ReplyDeleteI think the rules need to be changed as she had said in her article and that rules are meant to change with the times. I think her overall point is trying to say that some of these rules do not need to be changed because in making the change they would be promoting misspelling and the bad use of grammar.
ReplyDeleteI think the rules could be less severe and that children can be allowed to use slang and text lingo when dealing with each other. However, when it comes to the rules regarding tests, exams or essays they need to be enforced that spelling, grammar and general apprioateness needs to be understood and followed.