...a cellphone and uses it to communicate through text message. Add to that the large amount of people who use email and social media, and it’s clear that we depend a lot on technology to communicate with each other. In order to make these methods more efficient and immediate, a form of tech speak has developed and due to frequent, constant use, has begun to creep into the school classrooms. Tech speak is a form of slang that shortens words to make text messaging faster. It also includes emoticons, a way of using punctuation marks to make a picture of a face or whatever the user wants to form. Technology is making us bad spellers with the use of spell checkers and autocorrect. This texting lingo is also damaging our youth’s written language skills because students are finding it increasingly difficult to switch between using tech speak and proper grammar. Further, texting is hindering students’ abilities to focus in class, hurting their grades. Finally, college entrance officers are reporting application essays with tech speak and acronym shortcuts being submitted by prospective students that end up causing the student to be denied entrance to the college. Tech speak is becoming increasingly more evolved and complex in its own way. Students who use tech speak, or texting lingo, tend to ignore punctuation and capitalization rules, use acronyms to shorten sentences (i.e.: “BRB” means “be right back, and “TTLY” means “talk to you later”), drop consonants and vowels, and sometimes even...
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...People in the modern day use texting as a means of communicating with friends and family. It is typically thought that teenagers are the only people that use their cellular devices to text but it has become more common now for people of all ages to text, including people well into their 50’s. Many people will argue that texting is ruining the way that others write papers and essays, but does it come across to these people that maybe our language is just evolving just as it has over the last 80 years? When writing papers and essays, people should have the common sense not to use terms such as “LOL” or “BTW” as they do when they text. Texting is not something that is affecting language and proper spelling and grammar, it is an adaptation of language. Texting is a positive change in society because it provides the younger...
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...Only Benefiting Students How much do you rely on technology for help when it comes to completing a task? People all around the world, including myself, rely on technology a lot. Whether it is with school related, work related, or just personal use. With technology advancing everyday, we can virtually do anything with cell phones or computers. By knowing that there is an alternative and much easier way of doing a task, individuals become accustomed to keep using the source(s) for the easy way out. Not only is it a much easier way, but people lose many other factors and the main purpose by not doing it first hand. Younger generations are the ones that are being affected by the technology the most. In most schools around the world, technology is now being fitted into the school's curriculum in order to lead the students into a successful path. However, it is only giving the students an easier way to find the answers without them actually learning and comprehending what the main lesson(s) or purpose is. For example, when a student is writing a research paper, all he or she has to do is go on a computer, type in a couple of words, and the research is done. Instantly a student can have information and answers without doing any actual research themselves. Technology is not only giving the answers directly to the student but it is putting them down for failure in the outside world when they face the challenge of not being able to rely back to the computer or phone. The teachers rely...
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...Neysa Harman C. Patch Response Essay Revision October 21, 2014 Response to “The Flight From Conversation” As I prepare to write an essay at around seven O’ clock in the evening that is due in two days, I receive an iMessage, then a Twitter notification, soon after I decide to check Instagram and Snapchat. Before I know it, the time is now past eleven thirty at night. Where did the time go to so quickly? We live in a technology based world, where communication and real relationships are diminishing almost entirely. People of all ages, especially the upcoming generations are completely relying on social media and handheld devices to basically communicate for them. Humans have become so reliant on technology that we have begun to socially isolate ourselves from face-to-face interactions. Communicating to one another in person is extremely important, users of technology know this yet continue to ignore that fact and decide to use technology as a quicker form of communication. In The New York Times op-ed by Sherry Turkle “The Flight From Conversation,” Turkle talks about how hand held devices are taking over face-to-face interactions and conversations. Turkle grabs the readers attention with her own narrative, then turns quickly to people she has studied and their personal experiences. Turkle believes that technology is completely taking over the way humans communicate entirely, I agree with this because looking around campus or on social media it is clear that this generation...
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...Technology’s Effect on Social Values and Communication Skills Introduction The three main stakeholders in this issue are the youth, middle generation (my age), and the middle-aged people that are involved in social networking and texting. I feel that the issue can be narrowed down to a past, present, and future where the middle-age is the past, my generation is the present, and the youth is the future. Each of these age groups have a different stake in the issue, but are all connected together within our society through the extended use of technology. As our society evolves, so does our technology. These technologies are made to make our lives easier and more enjoyable, but are they really just making us socially inept? While the advance in technology has been proven to be a benefit in communication, medicines, law, and education, maybe it is a curse within itself. Social media and texting offer ways for people to communicate globally, practically simultaneously, but our society is becoming completely dependent on these technologies, struggling to communicate outside of them, and it is ruining the social capabilities of the youth. Younger Generations The youth may have the most to gain or lose with the advance in technology. Their lives are beginning much different than those of their parents or older siblings. Kids are getting cell phones, social media websites such as Facebook, and video game consoles with internet capability at a much younger age. When used...
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...gender, economic background or talents, but people these days are just ruining these incredible stories with stereotypes and view others with a single story. The single story is not a wrong observation about someone but is just an unfinished story that we didn’t know about that person. I still remember the “single story” that I had to deal with when my family moved to America from Vietnam in 2010. I attended a good quality middle school in Oakland, where a lot of middle school students thought an Asian immigrant student like myself was bad at English in learning and communication. Therefore, they made fun of my accent, and the way I pronounced words in English. I was motived to show them that I could get better at communication. There was more to...
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...over the past 10 to 15 years. When I graduated as a nurse 18 years ago, regular diploma or bachelor’s degree was what required. Health care professionals could advance career with clinical experiences. It is so different in our field now. The minimal requirement for higher managerial position is master’s degree. It requires not only the clinical skill and experience but also the management knowledge. I have great passion in my profession. I want to enrich my skill sets and qualification so that I can better prepare myself to serve the public and to move upward in my career ladder. Short-term Goal Within the first month I will familiarize myself with available resources in OLS and maximally use what the university can provide me to flourish my learning experience. Milestone. By the end of February, I will complete two writing workshops. I will follow each course syllabus closely to stay on top of weekly reading and assignment. Long-term Goal My long-term goal is to finish the MSN degree with satisfactory academic score. I plan to graduate in two years. I cannot wait to go back to my field and serve the public with my new skill sets. Milestone. By the end of June this year, I will finish all three required MSN bridge courses with satisfactory grade. The status bar indicating program progressing will show a steady...
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...Greetings, I am Rea Ahuja and I have the capability to become a successful page in the Ontario page program. I am responsible, mature, independent and committed individual. Additionally, I am a royal air cadet, a rep badminton player and a classical dancer. Through air cadets I gain leadership skills, time management and maturity. In air cadets we learn about leadership in a classroom and in a society. Additionally, a experienced and a knowledgeable cadet comes, and teaches recruiting/young cadets about leadership. A few main leadership skills that are taught within the classrooms are intivitave, delegation, communication skills and responsibility. In addition, these skills help in daily life. For example, you would be performing intivitave by raising your hand up in class, when you do something wrong on a test your teacher would provide you with feedback/delegation, when you are doing a...
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...It is known to be said that periods, hyphens, and commas project a change in emotion. Although one cannot see it, one can feel the tone of voice changing just by adding a few periods. Numerous amount of teens will agree with this type of spelling for the reason being that the sensation you get through a single symbol. However, I can agree that symbols are a suitable way to know how someone is feeling, but it can cause a change in face to face communication. People should be communicating with modern English to gain more knowledge and expand their vocabulary rather than learning the new “slang” that has come out this week. Reading and writing professionally should be recognized with more...
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...WK 9 Expository Essay Final Project Bridget Sherman COM/150 September 9, 2012 Elliot Courtright Social Networks and Teens Essay As a single parent with a pre-teen, it is often hard to make the right decisions in knowing how to keep them safe. It is the hope that the information provided in this paper, will inform the reader of the pros and cons of what it is to have a teen using a social network. As parents, it is a never-ending duty to ensure the safety of the lives that have been given to them as parents. One must ask themselves is this environment a safe place to be in and who will their teen be interacting with. Frequently children in 4th-6th grade levels engage in social networking activities. In the process they post personal, potentially exploitable, information about themselves online. (Social Networking Statistics, 2012) Social networking sites provide many opportunities for adults, but leave adolescents vulnerable to predators, addiction, and lack of social interaction. The beginning of social networking started with a site call BBS (Bulletin Board System). This was a site that allowed user to use text only exchange. This was a popular thing in the 1980s and late 1990s. (Nickson, 2009) The Internet was still new at this stage and did not catch on until AOL (America Online) ventured around in the mid-1990s. Soon sites such as Yahoo and Amazon came alone catching the eyes of the young generation. In August 2003...
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...importance of short messaging systems (SMS) and exposure to textism (the use of texting slangs) in enhancing learners’ spelling skills (Powell and Dixon). Wood conducted a research on the implications of text messaging on the literacy of 9 to 10-year-old-children’s literacy skills. Wood notes that the exposure to text messaging and their counterparts who do not have access to SMS might be contributing, positively, to the literacy skills development among 9 to 10-year-old-children (Wood). Furthermore, past studies analyzed by Verheijen report a positive correlation between the use of SMS and literacy levels among users (Verheijen). Belying the findings of these studies, however, is the viewpoint among older generation researchers and academicians that text messaging has negative correlations to improving learning skills among users. They argue that text messaging has contributed detrimental implications on learners as opposed to its emphasized importance by recent researchers. They present counterarguments justifying their disapproval of the importance of text messaging on learning. They cite the negative implications of technology on learners as justification to their opposing viewpoints to the debate while attributing the effect of text messaging. Although older generation researchers and academicians argue that technological developments in communication have detrimental implications on the youth and future generations, it is justifiable that text messaging has a positive influence...
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...Put Down the Technology!! Ellen DeGeneres said, “What’s not so great is that all this technology is destroying our social skills. Not only have we given up on writing letters to each other, we barely even talk to each other.” She is exactly correct. There are several different types of technology available to kids from the time they are in preschool, that by the time they are grownups they lack the social skills necessary to have productive social relationships. Technology is a great tool for people in today’s society, but it is ruining people’s interpersonal skills. Imagine you are in a restaurant and look around and see how many people eating diner are actually talking to the people at their table. Very few is my prediction, because...
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...Module 1 Case 9/5/2012 The Disconnection of Being Connected Martin Carnoy wrote: “Thanks to a communications and software revolution, we are more ‘connected’ than ever before—by cell phone, email, and video conferencing—yet more disconnected than in the past from social interaction.” In the past, any time you needed information or help doing something, you had to walk or ride into town and speak to whoever specialized in what you wanted to know. Face to face discussion was the only way to tell people things or to find things out. It later developed into calling one another, which no longer needed face to face but still required a decent amount of social skills. Now, social networks, the internet, and texting creates a world that many people can tap into for hours without ever seeing another human being. They can update hundreds of people in the split of a second on Facebook and Twitter using a smartphone, which I’ve seen people as young as 8 years old own. Angela Mollard blogged about this issue and stated, “But, recently I’ve felt disconnected, which is absurd because last year I received 13,506 emails, sent 432 tweets and became Facebook ‘friends’ with someone I kissed in 1989. I’m so connected that I go online the second I wake up. I’m linked in, favourited, retweeted, liked” (Mollard, 2012). As Mollard states, I also believe that all of this technology connection has done nothing but pull us in closer to the virtual people while in all reality, pushing the people in our...
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...Throughout the book, Montag is struggling to express his feelings because of the lack of communication between him, his wife, and the rest of society. “Nobody Listens any more. I can't talk to the walls because they’re yelling at me. I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough it’ make sense” (Bradbury 78). This quote displays Montag’s frustration with technology. He blames the walls in people's parlors for the deterioration of human interaction. This shows the negative effects that technology can have on a...
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...Effective communication Bradley R. Lord CJA/304: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS Instructor: Clark Nissan September 18, 2013 Effective communication is essential in any workplace, especially within a criminal justice organization. In this paper, the author will discuss the process of verbal and nonverbal communication and the associated components of each, the differences between listening and hearing in communication, the formal and informal channels of communication in criminal justice organizations, and the strategies that may be implemented to overcome communication barriers therein. Communication is defined as “a process involving several steps, among two or more persons, for the primary purpose of exchanging information“(Wallace & Roberson, 2009, p. 15). This process can involve two of the following types of communication: verbal and nonverbal. Verbal communication includes transmitting information orally. This type of communication can involve the sharing of information or exchanging ideas between two people or a group. Speaking is just one aspect of verbal communication. Verbal communication does not solely involve the sender transmitting the message to the receiver. Verbal communication also involves listening from the receiver and giving feedback to the sender as a confirmation that the message was understood. In a criminal justice organization, oral communication skills are necessary when addressing members of the public, requesting officer assistance...
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