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Is it because they are "mobile-digital native" or is it because what they are being asked to write is closer to texting than a normal high school level English
by troupe 4y ago
Is it because they are "mobile-digital native" or is it because what they are being asked to write is closer to texting than a normal high school level English paper? I've seen what community college teachers are having kids submit for papers. While they do definitely look like they could have been written on a phone, it isn't because they have some type of skill in writing on mobile.
- Sirened 4y agoMost of the paper-writing-on-phones that I've seen is just a convenience thing. Google Docs/other cloud writing platforms make your documents available everywhere, and it turns out that there's a lot of down time where you can cram in some writing time if you're able to easily just pull it up on your phone. I remember writing papers on my phone in high school while on/waiting waiting for the bus. If you live near a college campus, you'll see a lot of students watching lectures, doing flash cards, and writing papers on public transit if you look close enough :)
- sneak 4y agoI think the idea of the quality of text written being related to the screen size of the device on which it was input is an old person anachronism. This would be like saying novel quality written in a word processor would be inferior to typing on a typewriter, or handwritten. I write and edit almost all my HN comments on a phone, and I think they’re identical in quality and tone to what I’d write on a computer.