In class we began reading the following article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?_r=0
Your homework is to complete the reading of the article and then to post a question or idea that you would like to discus. Be sure to post an original question.
Can reading and playing games online be more beneficial than reading printed books for jobs in our age?
ReplyDeleteHow can you consider being a writer without reading all different types of media? Writing fanfic doesn't prepare you for a writing career does it?
ReplyDeleteCould focusing on a piece of literature online with the distractions of advertisements also possibly strengthen a students focus?
ReplyDeleteCan the Internet be used in a way that can help improve our literacy? Could the Internet open up new possibilities and information that would otherwise be inaccessible to certain people?
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ReplyDeleteCan convoluting the internet and writing as a practice in school benefit the learning process or hurt it?
ReplyDeleteIf you can't expect all children to read challenging literature, and they are only getting their reading skills by using the Internet or electronics, how are they going to learn the more challenging vocab as they get older?
ReplyDeleteFrom my own experiences, many popular books online lack an important meaning or lesson, many books are extremely unrealistic, they play on your emotions, mainly making you happy, instead of making you think. How much does the quality of writing people are reading online affect their level of literacy?
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ReplyDeleteThe article is addressing the debate of reading in the new digital age vs. the conventional book reading. My question is what qualifies as "real reading"?
To what extent should we consider online reading as beneficial? Do you believe that students would be getting the best education if the only thing they did was read online? How has reading actual books helped you as a student, and are you afraid of the idea that internet is replacing books?
ReplyDeleteWould books or articles assigned as homework have a higher amount of students reading and doing the homework if it were based online instead of a physical book or paper?
ReplyDeleteWould kids rather learn to write better and learn from examples from online peices of writing compared to books from teachers that the students may not connect to or enjoy ?
ReplyDeleteWhy can't kids read on the Internet if doing so will help kids in the future as we are developing more technology and going into a digital age?
ReplyDeleteIs reading online the enemy or a friend for the furture?
ReplyDeleteIs it necessary for teens to read actual books or is other sources of reading like social medias online beneficial?
ReplyDeleteIf modern jobs these days are based upon more social media and internet based sources, shouldn't we be promoting those sources, if they help our teens get farther in the modern world?
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