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Anna Smith, educational researcher & teacher educator blogging about composition in the digital age, contexts for learning, theories of development, and global youth.
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From Positive/Negative to Affordances/Constraints
Yesterday, the International Business Times reported on a couple of studies regarding the relationship between memory and the Internet. Like many titles, the purposefully evocative title of this article, “Google … Continue reading
July 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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- That can be my next tweetGenerates your future tweets based on the DNA of your existing messages...See it on Scoop.it, via Developing Writers
- Twitter use | Pew Internet & American Life ProjectAfrican-Americans — Black internet users continue to use Twitter at high rates. More than one quarter of online African-Americans (28%) use Twitter, with 13% doing so on a typical day. Young adults — One quarter (26%) of internet users ages 18-29 use Twitter, nearly double the rate for those ages 30-49. Among the youngest internet users (those ag […]
- How Twitter & Texting Saved WritingThe end of literacy as we know it? Get over yourself. These popular tools force people to write more clearly and concisely.See it on Scoop.it, via Developing Writers
