Writing for the Instant Messaging and Text Messaging Generation: Using New Literacies to Support Writing Instruction

Writing, for adolescents who live in an age of digital communication, has taken on new importance and plays a prominent role in the way they socialize, share information, and structure communication. New literacies expand the literacy realm by considering the skills needed to function using media ot...

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Published in:	Journal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 121 - 130
Main Author:	Sweeny, Sheelah M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2010 International Reading Association International Literacy Association
Subjects:	21st Century Skills Academic Language Academic Standards adolescence Adolescents Analysis attitude audience choice Cloud computing Collaboration College students Communication Communication (Thought Transfer) Composition (Language arts) Computer Mediated Communication Computer Uses in Education Creative writing Critical thinking Curiosity Definitions digital early adolescence Education Educational aspects Educational Legislation Educational Practices English language English teachers Federal Legislation Graduate studies Handheld Devices ICT Imagination information Information technology Instant messaging Instant messaging technology instruction instructional interest Internet Internet access Language Arts learner Linguistics Literacy Literacy Education Literacy programs Literary criticism literature Methods mode motivation National Standards No Child Left Behind Act 2001-US Practice Problem solving process purpose Reading Reading Instruction Secondary School Students Semiotics Skills strategies Students Study and teaching style Syntax Teacher education Teacher Improvement Teacher Qualifications Teachers Teaching Teaching Methods Technology Technology Integration Text Messaging Thinking Skills topic type United States useage Web Sites workshop Writing Writing Acquisition Writing Instruction Writing Processes Writing teachers Written communication Written Language Instruction United States New York United States > US
ISSN:	1081-3004, 1936-2706
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Summary:	Writing, for adolescents who live in an age of digital communication, has taken on new importance and plays a prominent role in the way they socialize, share information, and structure communication. New literacies expand the literacy realm by considering the skills needed to function using media other than the printed page. Internet resources can enhance and expand the writing process by focusing on different writing forms or genres, using video clips of authors to serve as writing mentors, explaining and facilitating the editing and revising processes, and providing publishing opportunities for student writers. This article provides a rationale for the use of new literacies in literacy instruction and explores ways teachers can integrate new literacies into existing writing instruction.
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ISSN:	1081-3004 1936-2706
DOI:	10.1598/JAAL.54.2.4