Blabberize: the misconceptions behind texting

The important things that I learned from the video are that language came to be long before writing, when we speak casually we are speaking in something called "word packets", and speech is more telegraphic and less reflective than writing. but the most important thing that I learned is there are many misconceptions that texting is the downfall to the English language, when it is in fact an entirely new language that young people have created.

(Actual script used for Blabberize: "Did you know that like language was like around before writing, and like when we speak casually we like speak in word packets, and speech is like more telegraphic and less reflective than like writing. And O-M-G there are like so many misconceptions about texting being like a downfall to the English language but it is like totally not!)

I could definitely use Blabberize in my teaching as a presentation option for students to use to show their understanding of a concept, similar to what this assignment asked us to do. I could also use it to introduce new concepts by listing key words that students will need to know for the new unit.