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5 News. "Texting's Terrible Impact on Students' Writing - KFSM." Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville, Fort Smith News and Weather - KFSM. N.p., 2 Mar. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2012. <http://www.5newsonline.com/news/kfsmspecial-report-texting-impacts-writing-skils,0,4992831.story>. In this newspaper article, the author explains that even though texting is taking over the world, it is creating more conversations and students are writing more than before. Barack, Lauren. "Twitter, Texting Enhance Writing Skills, Says Expert ." Home. N.p., 14 Dec. 2009. Web. 2 Mar. 2012. <http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6711519.html>. In this article, the author believes that twitter and texting should be allowed in a classroom setting. She points out that most schools have moved to this point because even the teachers are getting involved with the technology upgrades. Hoover, Emily. "Texting creates sub-par grammar, some say." Gargoyle [St. Augustine] 3 Dec. 2010: n. pag. Texting creates sub-par grammar, some say - Flagler College Gargoyle. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. In her newspaper article, Texting creates sub-par grammar, some say, Emily Hoover interviews high school/college students and teachers about what they think about texting and if it affects writing or not. And with these interviews, it seemed that most of the students said that they dont find any grammatical errors in their writing even though they use texting everyday. But their teachers beg to differ as they find errors in everyday writing. The teachers do understand that technology is evolving and they are trying to fix students language use.

KJ Language Services. "FoolProof Your Writing: Does text messaging affect writing skills?." FoolProof Your Writing. N.p., 1 May 2007. Web. 1 Mar. 2012. <http://kjlanguageservices.blogspot.com/2011/04/does-text-messagingaffect-writing.html>. In this blog article, the author questions whether or not texting hurts academic writing. He says that he sees "shorthand" language even in offices today, but doesn't find any problem with this as long as they are being kept out of the classroom. Krupnick, Matt. "Texting slang invading academic work." The Seattle Times 14 Apr. 2010: n. pag. Living | Texting slang invading academic work | Seattle Times. Web. 27 Feb. 2012.

In his article, Texting slang invading academic work, Matt Krupnick interviews many college professors from the state of California about their views on texting within academic writing. Ken Goldberg, a professor from the University of California-Berkeley, said that it took him a while to get used to this texting slang in emails from his students. Through Krupnicks investigation, he discovered that even some professors are starting to use the slang in their academic writing as well. LearnBoost. "The Impact of Technology on College Writing | Gradebook." Blog | Gradebook. N.p., 6 July 2011. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. <http://blog.learnboost.com/blog/the-impact-of-technology-on-collegewriting/>. In this blog, the author explains that technology is working its way into all classrooms from college all the way down to elementary schools because students have spent so much time around all of the technology improvements.

They explain that college students use technology all the time when working on papers for the reason of providing cited sources for their research. But texting slang is sneaking its way into the academic writing that is hurting the grammar and punctuation. Loftis, Kelley. "Texting and Instant Messaging | Digital Learning Environments." DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/teaching_learning/texting_and_instant_

messaging>.
There were multiple parts of this article, but I focused on the Effects on Classwork section. The author explains that there are many different views on whether people believe texting affects academic writing or not. They never do get to a final conclusion if its bad or not. Myhra, John. "Negative Effects Of Texting In The Classroom - Tech-Nation." Welcome - Tech-Nation. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2012. <http://56wrtg1150.wikidot.com/negative-effects-of-texting-in-theclassroom>. The author explains that students are texting a lot more than they used to, and their new language of communicating has almost been forced on them with limitations to the number of texts they can send. But they are also writing more than ever, and their shorthand writing is creeping into the writing. "The Impact of Texting on Students Writing Skills: Is it all bad? EdOptions Connect. Grow. Succeed. Blog.." EdOptions | Innovative online curriculum and programs for middle and high school. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. <http://edoptions.com/blog/?p=23>.

In this article, the author explains that just about all middle and high school students have started to talk using texting lingo everyday, not only in their writing but also talking face to face. This is a short article that is to the point to explain that the texting has most definitely affected students writing skills, but still thinks its a good thing for students to hang out with each other outside of the classroom setting. "Texting and Writing." Texting and Writing. N.p., 1 Mar. 2011. Web. 1 Mar. 2012. <bestcommcoach.com/2011/03/texting-and-writing/>. In this article, the author believes that texting is destroying the way students write, but thinks it's because of the way teachers are applying homework to the students. But they explain that everybody has their own way of writing, and that won't change.