Colleges upgrade emergency-alert systems. Last month's responses to the report of an armed man on the Virginia Tech campus showed how drastically colleges have upgraded their mass-alert systems since a gunman killed 32 fellow students and faculty at the Blacksburg campus four years ago.
When Cho Seung-Hui shot his first two victims on April 16, 2007, the university waited more than two hours to send an email of warning to the campus community. On Aug. 4, 2011, three teenagers thought they spotted a man carrying a handgun at the school. Even though no such man or weapon was ever found, students and staff were alerted by text messages, Twitter posts, emails, sirens and flashing message boards within a half-hour of campus police being called. Virginia Tech is not alone. Colleges around the D.C. region have upgraded their mass-alert systems over the past four years to deliver messages faster and across more platforms. Texting 'improves language skill' Text speak, rather than harming literacy, could have a positive effect on the way children interact with language, says a study. Researchers from Coventry University studied 88 children aged between 10 and 12 to understand the impact of text messaging on their language skills.
They found that the use of so-called "textisms" could be having a positive impact on reading development. The study is published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. "Children's use of textisms is not only positively associated with word reading ability, but it may be contributing to reading development ," the authors wrote in the report. The children involved in the study were given 10 different scenarios and asked to write about them using text messages. The textisms were split into categories, including shortenings, contractions, acronyms, symbols and non-conventional spellings, and analysed for their use of language alongside more traditional schoolwork.
Positive Effects Of Texting In The Classroom - Tech-Nation. Summary Since the early 90's text messaging has sky rocketed into one of the most prominent forms of communication in the world.
Texting, due to its simplicity, is very popular; anyone with a cell phone can do it. It helps users stay communicated with many people through out the day. Due to this surge in texting, educators have also seen the gargantuan increase in the number of "texters" in the classrooms through out the United States and the rest of the world.
While some educators consider texting to be a major distraction, and diminishing to vocabulary, communication skills, and writing skills, others consider texting to be as valid of a teaching tool as the overhead projector. Just Text Me: The Mutually Shaped Story of the Short Messaging Service (SMS) The PDF file you selected should load here if your Web browser has a PDF reader plug-in installed (for example, a recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader).
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As a result, texting has nearly obscured earlier forms of relational communication, such as the written word. While texting enables romantic partners to develop and maintain their relationships, it also may create a potential strain. This research examined the degree to which texting has impacted romantic relationships. Texting May Be Taking a Toll on Teenagers. Camtriplehelix. The Pros and Cons of Texting and IM by Kelley Loftis. 1/8/2009 By: Text messaging and instant messaging have become so widely used by teens that teachers have noticed a drastic change in students’ writing habits.
Students are integrating the abbreviations that are used in texting or instant messaging into their school work. It is becoming such a problem that teachers must explain why using the shortcut language is not acceptable in the business world.Not only has texting and instant messaging caused a laziness in language, it has also created issues in other areas of teenagers’ lives. Texting while driving is a serious issue that is causing accidents and deaths. Other issues that texting has created are cheating during tests, distractions and disruptions during class time, as well as having the potential for spreading community rumors. According to webopedia.com, text messaging is “sending short text messages to a device such as a cellular phone, PDA or pager. Do you text message or instant message or both? EB115 Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock: Texting, Eliminate Challenges When Filling Staff. Impacts of Short Message Service Texting on University Students in Malaysia.
Early infant diagnosis of HIV infection in Zambia through mobile phone text. SMS Texting and Its Potential Impacts on Students’ Written Communication Skills. Instant messaging proves useful in reducing workplace interruption. Public release date: 3-Jun-2008 [ Print | E-mail Share ] [ Close Window ] Contact: Kelly GarrettGarrett.258@osu.edu 614-247-7414Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Employers seeking to decrease interruptions may want to have their workers use instant messaging software, a new study suggests.
A recent study by researchers at Ohio State University and University of California, Irvine found that workers who used instant messaging on the job reported less interruption than colleagues who did not. The study challenges the widespread belief that instant messaging leads to an increase in disruption. Instead, research showed that instant messaging was often used as a substitute for other, more disruptive forms of communication such as the telephone, e-mail, and face-to-face conversations. Technology: Textese May Be the Death of English - Newsweek and The Daily Beast.