Paige's WRT 205 Blog

Is Texting Ruining the way we Communicate and Write?       Take a look at the open apps on your phone. How many of them can be used to communicate with others? For me personally, I had messages, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat open on my iPhone. I'll be the first to admit that I spend a good portion of my day on my smartphone.  I am in constant contact with my friends via several different platforms. Whether I am updating my group chat on who I just saw on the quad, texting classmates about our group assignment or retweeting a recent news article, my life updates are frequently being sent out to various friends and followers on the Internet. I am in Generation Z and I believe phones represent a large portion of who we are as a generation. Furthermore, I believe the amount of time we spend on our phones is NOT ruining the way we communicate and write.  Here's my list of benefits smartphones have on the way we communicate: Our world is evolving, so is our...

The free write I most enjoyed this semester is when we were asked to talk about a time we've given a pitch before. I had a lot of fun with this because I got to write about something I was very passionate about- that being my internship from this previous summer. I've noticed that I have much more fun and much more to write about when I can relate the topic given to us back to something in my personal life. During this free write I was writing right to the second when we we're asked to put our pens and pencils down.

Is Texting Ruining the way we Communicate and Write?       Take a look at the open apps on your phone. How many of them can be used to communicate with others? For me personally, I had messages, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat open on my iPhone. I'll be the first to admit that I spend a good portion of my day on my phone. Nonetheless, I am still in constant contact with my friends via several different platforms. Whether I am updating my group chat on who I just saw on the quad, texting classmates about our group assignment or retweeting a recent news article, my life updates are frequently being sent out to various friends and followers on the Internet. I am in Generation Z and I believe phones represent a large portion of who we are as a generation. Furthermore, I believe however the time we spend on our phones is NOT ruining the way we communicate and write.        If you are reading this and are between the ages 16 and 24, I can guarantee ...