Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Texting Ruins Students' Grammar Skills," by Scott Warnock. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.
Keywords: computers and composition, correctness, digital writing, error, grammar, linguistics, texting
Dr. Scott Warnock is a Professor of English and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts & Sciences at Drexel University. In his 18 years at Drexel, he has taught courses in various modalities and contexts, including onsite, hybrid, and online and ranging from first-year writing to the senior literature seminar to a graduate course. In 2020, he won Drexel’s Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. Dr. Warnock is the author or co-author of five books and numerous chapters and journal articles about online writing instruction, computers and composition, and educational technology. He served as President of the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators from 2018 to 2020 and Co-Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication Committee for Effective Practices in Online Writing Instruction from 2011 to 2016. He has maintained the blog Online Writing Teacher since 2005. (2022 bio)
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