Journal 4

First off in Koehler's article she just uses logos to get her point across. This limits her power to get the point across about kids becoming illiterate. By using logic Megan sets up an experiment per say in order to make her opinion a fact. She achieves this by interviewing other common people who text and gaining their opinions as well as testing if their opinions are true through the way they text her back. The data received than shows that textspeak has become a new language when texting and also sometimes in conversation between friends. But I believe she fails to have any facts that show text speak is incorporated in school work and papers being turned into educational institutions. I also don't see how using textspeak in text messages and conversation is having a negative effect on kids illiteracy if it isn't causing them problems in school or any other area of importance. In conclusion, I believe Megan gets her point across somewhat when she says textspeak is becoming more popular in culture, but fails to fully prove that kids are becoming illiterate.