"Writing, Technology, and Teens: Summary of Findings"

There are many elements that help teenagers, or college students write today and it varies between each of them. Technology is a big help when it comes to writing a paper, especially if a teacher is not there to help us correct our mistakes and to show us why. Teenagers and college students also would like more interesting and appealing topics. Most teenagers , especially, would want to choose their own topic. It makes it more appealing to the student and it motivates them to actually put forth effort and make it a good paper which in turn, gets tgem a good grade. This changes the outcome of the student. It gives them confidence in their writing and to do better in school. it may reveal a skill for them that they never thought they had. A lot of teens have trouble with in-school writing because they are not interested in the topic, or that they do not have the resources to research the topic. That is why technology expands our knowledge and can help us with our writing. If we did not have computers, we would not know half of the things that we know today, but we would be fine without it even though it is very helpful. With technology, I don't think that it has affected how we speak, but how we spell. The one thing that I did not see with instant text messaging is that some people type out every word and do use correct grammer and spelling skills. This includes myself, so I believe that technology has not affected how we talk or spell. Talking in general is not correct. We communicate with people that do not use correct grammer as they are talking and that is what they have grown up around and when someone speaks incorrectly, this will change a person's writing. This has happened before the inventions of technology, and therefore technology is not making it worse. Technology is giving us a choice to better ourselves or to not better ourselves. It gives us that opportunity to learn and to obtain knowledge and if a person does not do that, then that is their choice. They cause themselves to miss out on knowledge that they need in life and opportunities that it could give to them.