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After reading Baron, "From Pencils to Pixels" I began to understand the influence technology has on literacy and how technology has developed over time. Technology today plays a significant role in our lives. We use technology to wake up, we use technology to communicate, we use technology to do research, and many more. Technology has to come so important to us as human beings we depend on it. Baron explains that the computer is the latest ideas that parallels a pencil, but we prefer to use technology although the pencil still remains authentic for things we believe as important. But the question still remain what type of literacy is considered important? As far as technology altering literacy, I believe it is harder for children or young adults to use what they learn in English class in the world today. All the different ways to communicate on smartphones or computers let children or young adults feel its okay not to use English properly due to the communication being informal. When texting, tweeting, emailing, or making a status we tend to shorten or sentences in to phrases and our words in to abbreviations. We also do not use correct grammar. Due to the mass use of informal communication is it beginning to affect proper literacy.
In the article  The Future of Literacy, the authors consider technology advancing the meaning of words through film, pictures, sound, animation , etc. The types of "composing" I like to do is taking photographs or taping a video. I like to capture the moment through visual composition. I believe it give me the opportunity to see and indulge in the moment instead of writing and reading where I would need to vision the moment through memory.