Category: IM
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New IM Tool: MeGlobe
A note from Jose Rodriguez about MeGlobe: We’ve created an Instant Messaging application, called Meglobe, that also performs real time language translation. I thought you might be interested in taking a look since it can be used as a tool for students and educators to collaborate globally across language barriers. Meglobe is web based and supports 15 different languages.…
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IMing Back in the News
It’s been about a year since I’ve seen an article like this pop up — perhaps it has to do with going back to school and all the negative ideas that technology can bring in relation to the state of our language and culture: The walls between the school and the cellphone or computer screen…
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IM Shorthand Slips Off Computer Screens And Into Schoolwork – washingtonpost.com
Well, guess what is back in the news: IM Shorthand Slips Off Computer Screens And Into Schoolwork – washingtonpost.com “They are using it absolutely everywhere,” said Sara Goodman, an English teacher at Clarksburg High School in Montgomery County who has worn out many purple and red markers circling the offending phrases in papers and tests.…
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IM and Code Switching
A study from the University of Toronto’s Linguistics Department has now verified what many writing teachers have been trying to argue all along — instead of ruining kids’ grammar, IM is actually a different discursive register and that kids end up code switching between IM and other forms of communication quite clearly. Here is an…