Is The Internet Really Bad For Today´s Generation's Literacy Skills?
Is the Internet Really Bad for Today’s Generation’s Literacy Skills?
A POSITION PAPER BY: Philline Lopez April 8, 2013
The internet has been one of the – if not the most - major advancements in technology that this century had to offer. It has opened us to countless possibilities and it paved way for an easier means of communication and information-access. The internet is considered the largest information base. Because of the internet, access to information has become less problematic. Typing a word on a search engine can give you thousands of results that are related and somewhat relevant to your search query. Indeed, information has become just one click …show more content…
It also helped change the attitude of these children towards writing for the better. The survey of more than 3,000 children between nine and sixteen revealed that of these respondents, 49% consider writing as boring. However, students who use blogs found writing more enjoyable than those who do not have blogs, as seen from the results where 60% of the bloggers really enjoy writing and only 40% of non-bloggers actually find writing entertaining (Norman).
The study also revealed that students with blogs or are active in social networks have greater confidence in their writing ability than those who do not. Sixty percent of those who do blogging claimed to have “good” writing skills while only about 47 percent had the same claim for those who don’t use online formats. Having a blog also has an effect on the writing behavior of the children and teenagers. It was found out that youngsters who are active online have a greater probability of keeping a journal, writing short stories, letters or song …show more content…
It allows you to discover new styles on your own. It opens you to the different techniques and it gives you the feel of how to write. Today’s generation is privileged to have an access to the internet where they can see various styles of writing and this exposure will help improve that writing skills of the students. Also, the internet is a place where everything they write down can be appreciated by their peers. And that is a major motivation for them to actually hone their skills so that they won’t sound dumb to others. It might sound shallow as it looks like they’re writing to impress but their intensive thinking can lead them to discover good ideas and that’s definitely a start. What’s important is that they actually get the motivation to start writing because in the long run, they will slowly improve in their writing as a
A POSITION PAPER BY: Philline Lopez April 8, 2013
The internet has been one of the – if not the most - major advancements in technology that this century had to offer. It has opened us to countless possibilities and it paved way for an easier means of communication and information-access. The internet is considered the largest information base. Because of the internet, access to information has become less problematic. Typing a word on a search engine can give you thousands of results that are related and somewhat relevant to your search query. Indeed, information has become just one click …show more content…
It also helped change the attitude of these children towards writing for the better. The survey of more than 3,000 children between nine and sixteen revealed that of these respondents, 49% consider writing as boring. However, students who use blogs found writing more enjoyable than those who do not have blogs, as seen from the results where 60% of the bloggers really enjoy writing and only 40% of non-bloggers actually find writing entertaining (Norman).
The study also revealed that students with blogs or are active in social networks have greater confidence in their writing ability than those who do not. Sixty percent of those who do blogging claimed to have “good” writing skills while only about 47 percent had the same claim for those who don’t use online formats. Having a blog also has an effect on the writing behavior of the children and teenagers. It was found out that youngsters who are active online have a greater probability of keeping a journal, writing short stories, letters or song …show more content…
It allows you to discover new styles on your own. It opens you to the different techniques and it gives you the feel of how to write. Today’s generation is privileged to have an access to the internet where they can see various styles of writing and this exposure will help improve that writing skills of the students. Also, the internet is a place where everything they write down can be appreciated by their peers. And that is a major motivation for them to actually hone their skills so that they won’t sound dumb to others. It might sound shallow as it looks like they’re writing to impress but their intensive thinking can lead them to discover good ideas and that’s definitely a start. What’s important is that they actually get the motivation to start writing because in the long run, they will slowly improve in their writing as a