With the next school year rapidly approaching, it's worth taking a look at our young people and how communication and technology are integrated into their lives.
The Beloit College Mindset List is a way for an adult to see part of a teen's frame of reference from their eyes. What an adult knows isn't always relevant to how a teen sees the world. All of us former teens know that, but the Beloit lists make the differences a bit more concrete.
The people at the Pew Internet & American Life Project have been thinking about teens and written communication in this Age of Texting. I really wouldn't have thought it so, but writing (beyond the classroom) is truly important to the majority of teens. And, more than ever before, parents recognize the ability to write well is a key to their children's future.
Read up! This is information worth knowing, especially if you're a parent or teacher ... or just care about what makes American youth tick and where they're headed.
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