"Becoming Screen Literate"

In Kevin Kelly's article, "Becoming Screen Literate", he discussed how the media is changing and has changed over the years.  Things are deffinately changing for us as students, because even though we grew up in the age of books, now many people are forgoing paperbacks,and are downloading whatever they want to read, whether it is a magazine, newspaper, or novel, it can be downlaoded onto a Kindle or Nook.  It actually makes more sense to use a Kindle or Nook, because they can store many books, at a time and with a paperback you only have that one book unless you go buy another one.  Also, the language we use is changing too.  When text messaging people have a language that they tend to use, they will shorten words, and use acronyms. This sometimes gets people into trouble, because they want to bring their text messaging language into their school assignments, putting shorthand into an english paper isn't going to get you a decent grade.  You have to realize when to write correctly, and when your friends don't care if you spell something wrong, because they probably do too.