I would say I have a decent amount of experience in writing electronically. I blogged last semester for my American Politics class and did some blogging in high school for a speech class. I do not have a personal blog or spend any time on blogging sites. I do email frequently and have a Facebook and I would say that somewhat works as a blog. In the past I used AOL instant messanger and I currently have a Twitter but I rarely ever use it myself, I just use it to follow the news and music artists.
I tend to type faster than I can write using pen and paper so when it comes to thoughts pouring out of my head onto my computer screen rather than paper I do believe it is better. I can type much faster so nothing is being lost that I want to say because I can get it out in a more efficient time, not having to worry about erasing or scratching out mistakes. If anything writing electronically is a benefit to my writing because of this efficiency. I don’t think using an electronic medium changes my writing style either like I said before I believe it benefits it. I believe it is also more organized being electronic because papers tend to get lost or thrown away or even eaten by your dog! Electronically it can be saved in various places, on the web, on your hard drive, junk drive, etc.
>>I tend to type faster than I can write using pen and paper so when it comes to thoughts pouring out of my head onto my computer screen rather than paper I do believe it is better.<<
ReplyDeleteThis is a great point, Alyssa. Most of us type much faster than we write, which makes it easier for our writing to keep up with our thinking.
Don't forget to label your posts, Amanda.
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