Common Core State Standard
SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 31, 2010 Landlines, emails and even voice calls are losers in personal communication revolutionShow an example of how this paper and its readers communicate in a 21st century way.
Look for any news about how we communicate for fun, education or work.
Do you see an ad for a tech gadget you'd like or a new model of a tool your family has?
You may want to save an email printout or a photo of a home phone as a reminder of how people used to communicate. Both tools could fade from mainstream to memories, especially among students. And although nearly 90 percent of U.S. households have a cell phone, use of voice minutes no longer climbs significantly each year.
Young users aren't alone in moving away from email and calls to keep in touch. The number of text messages sent per user grew by nearly 50 percent nationwide last year, the wireless industry association says. And for the first time in the United States, the amount of data in text, e-mail messages, streaming video, music and other services on mobile devices in 2009 surpassed the amount of voice data in cell calls. Other generations also are migrating away from landlines and e-mail for personal communication. Twenty-three percent of U.S. adults have a cell phone but no conventional home phone, federal data showed this month. Even in business, document transfer websites compete with email as a more secure way to share sensitive files and information. Many adults use Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare and other networks to let colleagues, friends and relatives know what they're doing, reading or watching. Even they know a Hotmail, Gmail or Yahoo! account is so yesterday. Executive says: "Originally, talking was the only cell phone application. But now it's less than half of the traffic on mobile networks." -- Dan Hesse, chief executive of Sprint Nextel Trend tracker says: "Email is an increasingly outdated medium." -- Ann Mack, 'director of trend-spotting' at JWT advertising agency Blogger says: "Email may decline, but it's still largely useful for storage and lengthy conversations." -- Christiene Louviere at christienlouviere.comFront Page Talking Points is written by
Felix Grabowski and Alan Stamm for NIEonline.com, Copyright 2024
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