"The big news from a recent survey that explored the links between formal writing that teens do for school and the informal communication they exchange through email and text messaging was that emoticons and abbreviations have crept into students' formal writing assignments, reports the eSchool news staff. However, there was another interesting finding that proves promising: blogging helps many teens become more prolific writers. While teens who communicate frequently with friends and those who own more technology tools do not write more often than less communicative teens, teen bloggers write more frequently both online and offline. In fact, 47 percent of teen bloggers write outside of school for personal reasons at least several times a week compared with 33 percent of teens without blogs. In addition, 65 percent of teen bloggers believe that writing is essential to later success in life."
URL: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=53663;_hbguid=e0da166a-2d66-434d-9c7c-01286ec3b126
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