Comments on: Literacy Debate – Online, R U Really Reading? http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/07/26/literacy-debate-online-r-u-really-reading/ A blog on things Instructional, Technological, and Educational. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:27:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Kids and Kindle - James Fallows | Sean Sharp's ITRT Blog http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/07/26/literacy-debate-online-r-u-really-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Kids and Kindle - James Fallows | Sean Sharp's ITRT Blog Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:31:30 +0000 http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/?p=81#comment-34 [...] Perhaps the Kindle and other e-readers will spark an interest in reading for some students? Having approached the issue of reading before, this one got me to thinking is all . . . . addthis_url = [...] [...] Perhaps the Kindle and other e-readers will spark an interest in reading for some students? Having approached the issue of reading before, this one got me to thinking is all . . . . addthis_url = [...]

]]> By: Ken Allan http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/2008/07/26/literacy-debate-online-r-u-really-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Ken Allan Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:30:47 +0000 http://sharpsitrt.edublogs.org/?p=81#comment-20 Kia ora Sean! My 14 year old and 18 year old both use the <i>Britannica</i>, an old edition that we've had for 20 years. They recognise its usefulness at times over the Internet. But they also use <a href="http://www.onekey.com/" rel="nofollow">Google ONEKEY</a> when they want to scour the Internet for material they know won't be found so easily in <i>Britannica</i>. It's all reading. It wouldn't make any difference either, if the <i>Britannica</i> that they used was on DVD (it is available) nor if they accessed the Internet on mobile phone. They'd still be reading. Ka kite from Middle-earth Kia ora Sean!

My 14 year old and 18 year old both use the Britannica, an old edition that we’ve had for 20 years. They recognise its usefulness at times over the Internet. But they also use Google ONEKEY when they want to scour the Internet for material they know won’t be found so easily in Britannica. It’s all reading.

It wouldn’t make any difference either, if the Britannica that they used was on DVD (it is available) nor if they accessed the Internet on mobile phone. They’d still be reading.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth

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