Digital Smarts - Social Media Habits Affect Kids’ Writing
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Lauren Gehr, an English teacher at a South Carolina high school, says that kids' use of social media is affecting their academic work -- including using "social media speak" in classwork. In an article written for teachers but with useful hints for parents, Gehr shares tech tools like NoRedInk and FlipGrid to help kids drop certain habits from their work, such as abbreviating words, using slang, and writing too quickly.