Teen Writing – some positive research

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I was reading a recent research report titled: “Teens, Writing and the Internet”. The summary which I have linked makes for easy reading and quotes in my view some positive information:

  1. 85% of teens engage in social forms of writing [i.e. text message or email] whilst 60% of them do not consider this writing.
  2. 8 out of 10 parents believe that”good” wriritng is more important now than 20 years ago.

Perhaps the question the research raises is how can we connect the enthusiasm of our youth for informal technology based writing with classroom experiences that illumates the power of well organised, well reasoned writing?

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