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July 23, 2012 07:39 pm GMT
I'm not one of those people who thinks that texting and tweeting is ruining children's ability to communicate. Texting and tweeting are the future of communication, so if kids are learning to keep it concise or feel more comfortable sending a text to their crush than making a call, I'm all for it. That's not to say that this communication should be at the expense of all personal real-life interaction, but it doesn't mean that the kids themselves are becoming dumb because they can keep a tweet under 140 characters. The technology companies are providing kids for this communication, on the other hand, is certainly becoming dumb. Take these Text Bands, for example. Hallmark thinks that they can lure kids into typing 10-character messages with the help of three buttons in a situation where messages can only be sent by a fist-bump or high-five.
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Texting Doesnt Make Your Kids Dumb, Text Bands Do
I'm not one of those people who thinks that texting and tweeting is ruining children's ability to communicate. Texting and tweeting are the future of communication, so if kids are learning to keep it concise or feel more comfortable sending a text to their crush than making a call, I'm all for it. That's not to say that this communication should be at the expense of all personal real-life interaction, but it doesn't mean that the kids themselves are becoming dumb because they can keep a tweet under 140 characters. The technology companies are providing kids for this communication, on the other hand, is certainly becoming dumb. Take these Text Bands, for example. Hallmark thinks that they can lure kids into typing 10-character messages with the help of three buttons in a situation where messages can only be sent by a fist-bump or high-five. Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/lWtYQK40gpo/
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