Website Research Portfolio Entry

Watters, Audrey. "Texting in the Classroom: Not Just a Distraction." Edutopia. The George Lucas Educational Foundation, 21 Sept. 2011. Web. 06 Nov. 2012. . This article looks at many of the negative effects, educational and medical, of texting in the classroom. The bottom line to this article is that text messaging causes distractions in the classroom, causing students to not pay attention to what is going on in the classroom. This is reflected in students grades and performance in the classroom. I would use this article to assist in answering my research question "What negative effects does texting in the classroom on student's behavior and classroom performance. Bodeeb, Julia. "Students Texting: What Teachers Can Do About Student Texting During School." Bright Hub Education. N.p., 26 June 2012. Web. 06 Nov. 2012. . This article looks at the negative effects of texting in the classroom but it focuses more on the effects on student's behavior. This article looks into the ways that behavior in students and their interaction with their teachers and peers has changed due to texting and distractions in the classroom. I plan to use this article to help support my claim that texting in the classroom is negative and hurts student's grades and behavior in the classroom.

Research Portfolio Image and Other Source Entry

Texting Closeup. 2011. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons, Providence and Tampa. Wikimedia. By BuzzFarmers. 16 Sept. 2011. Web. 4 Nov. 2012. OTHER SOURCE-SCHOLARLY ARTICLE Ryker, Randy E., Chuck Viosca, Shari Lawrence, and Betty Kleen. "Texting and the Efficacy of Mnemonics: Is Too Much Texting Detrimental?" Information Systems Education Journal 9.2 (2011): 27-33. Web. http://isedj.org/2011-9/N2/ISEDJv9n2p27.html This article looks at how "text lingo" effects students progress and work in the classroom. It will be beneficial to my research because it focuses in the negative effects "text lingo" is having on student's grammar and ability to succeed in language arts, reading, english and writing classes.

10/29/12 Blog Prompt

As a citizen of the nation of Facebook (or "Facebookistan"), what are your rights and responsibilities? How does this podcast--and a larger discussion of social media, which includes using blogs--fit within this class? - Can I just start out by saying that the "My mom's on Facebook" song was so funny and I can testify to the mom's and dad's creeping around to see what you are doing. Mine are generally pretty tame when it comes to that. My mom just likes to post lots of mushy/sweet/encouraging stuff on my timeline... It isn't so bad! :) As a citizen of "Facebookistan" our rights are really restricted to our own personal profiles, those profiles of our "friends" and those public/fan pages. We control what we write on these social media sites. It is our responsibility to be accountable for the words we write. I think this subject fits in with our class because it is very relavant and social media sites are where we often get the majority of our information. That in itself is relevant to the class because that is a good portion of what we talk about. The information we receive through social media can influence our opinion and also the resources we seek when looking for research. (This comes in to play in our discussion about filter bubbles) Word Court: 223