They don't store the information
"For digital immigrants, people who are 40 years old who spent their college time in the library acquiring information, the Internet is really a miraculous source of knowledge,'' Bauerlein says. "Digital natives, however, go to the Internet not to store knowledge in their minds, but to retrieve material and pass it along. The Internet is just a delivery system.''
I, personally, am one to go on the internet for far more than a quick gossip or an icebreaker. There have been hundreds of times that I have gone on the internet, just to read up on a topic i found interesting such as space, and how things worked. There are definitely many more teens out there, besides myself, who enjoy casually surfing the net, researching everything that comes to mind.
They don't read books -- and don't want to, either
"It's a new attitude, this brazen disregard of books and reading. Earlier generations resented homework assignments, of course, and only a small segment of each dove into the intellectual currents of the time, but no generation trumpeted aliteracy ... as a valid behavior of their peers.''
If our generation didn't enjoy reading books, would they still continue to 'pleasure read' even after discovering the amassing 14 total books they had to read this year? I sure don't think so. I often sit down in my favorite chair down in the living room, and crack open some philosophical book my mother has recommended to me through request. Reading is a release for me, and I am often calm after I read. I am among many of teens these days, who still do not mind to read.
Lack of capitalization and IM codes dominate online writing. Without spellcheck, folks are toast.
I was recently made fun of for using such up-tight and proper grammar in an IM conversation. I also realized I can usually answer a fellow classmates how-do-you-spell questions with little struggle and 100% confidence. Not to be showoffish, ofcourse. The choice to use bad grammar, or not to spell something correctly in an online conversation is, more times than none, purposeful to be able to send a message in a shorter amount of time than it normally would.
3 comments:
I liked how you took sections from the article and worked that in. I personally stink at spelling and would sound dumb if I didn't have that red or green line under misspelled words.
I liked how you took sections from the article and worked that in. I personally stink at spelling and would sound dumb if I didn't have that red or green line under misspelled words.
I liked how you gave examples by using the sections from the article. I thought the explanation was very convincing.
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