Quote: "Diminished concern over spelling and punctuation. Spell-check, along with online search engines, may be convincing us that devoting energy to honing spelling skills is anachronistic. Even before you finish typing a word containing an error, spell-check often automatically corrects the word. Similarly, if you type a misspelled word (or phrase) into Google, chances are the search engine will land you pretty much at the same list of sites you would have reached had you been a finalist in the National Spelling Bee."
Response: This is pretty much so very true that no one can deny. I know that personally I find myself relying on spell-check on all my papers. For one all major papers have to by typed and printed because the teacher doesn't want to have to strain themselves to read the students hand writing. It is because of this that spell-check has become such an easy tool and one of the most helpful. If you can even spell a word close you can probably right click the word and find the one you meant to use. This although doesn't help for things like your and you're, if you mess those up it's your own fault. It helps somewhat with commas, semi-colons, and colons but very little. Even now I am able to see if I misspelled any words and no one will know this unless i tell them. The only thing that is missing really, is a way to tell you that your sentences make no sense or your train of thought is very jumpy and your paragraph is all jumbled up.
Citation: Baron, N. (n.d.). Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Are Digital Media Changing Language?. Membership, policy, and professional development for educators – ASCD. Retrieved August 31, 2011, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Are-Digital-Media-Changing-Language%C2%A2.aspx
Extra Material: http://www.education.com/magazine/article/spell_check/
This article shows how spell-check is creating a generation of people who will be so reliable on spell-check they cannot spell without it.
Citation: Sorrentino, J. (n.d.). Is Spell Check Creating a Generation of Dummies? | Education.com. Education.com | An Education & Child Development Site for Parents | Parenting & Educational Resource. Retrieved August 31, 2011, from http://www.education.com/magazine/article/spell_check/
I think most people have become reliant on spell check, but I think that's okay as long as they realize that it does not fix all errors and still check their papers and what not themselves.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. I love the last sentence..there probably will come a day when that is possible! And I admit that I also rely on spellcheck quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is so true. People today don't waste mindless time thinking how to spell a word. If you're having trouble spelling a word just highlight and right click. I hope though as time goes on people start to realize that this is a problem. Children get the wrong idea of this useful tool. They still need to take time to learn spelling skills.
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