Mondays Response

I believe that no matter how we look at things, that technology is going to affect everything we do now and in the future. Technology is constantly changing and its important for people to stay up with it. When it comes to the example in Bistrows article about how text messaging is destroying literacy, I do not agree with that at all. Dr. Lodge's response to that is that it's a weird way to communicate. Text message is not destroying literacy, I personally think its an excuse that people are using as to why they think students are not more literate in their writings. It's a teacher's job to teach students how to write properly and if they are not doing that then how can they blame text messaging as the main cause? Teachers are supposed to integrate technology into their classrom and stay up to date in their field by teaching their students for the future, not teaching their students in their decade.