I found this interesting debate that was on http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/kids-prefer-reading-online/ by Will Richardson. The blog post was titled Kids Prefer Reading Online. The blog discusses the issue that reading online is considered “real” reading. I agree that we as teachers or parents need to provide a balance of reading digital text verse regular print. It is interesting how kids understand how to text message without being told, so why would they need taught how to read on the internet. This point brings up the issue with every kid; if they want to do it they will find a way and if they don’t they will find an excuse. The internet is a great source for kids if they are supervised using it for educational use.
This blog on such an interesting issue allowed me to really think about the way we should help students stay focused on teaching them effective ways to utilize technology. This blog had 16 comments and each comment made good points on how to obtain a balance with reading in both dimensions. Overall, this is a topic that will be discussed again and again, but the one main issue is our students depend on the computer for everything.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
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Kids depend on computers for everything - such a true statement! I am currently an aide in a Learning Support classroom and nothing gets those kids more excited than the chance to use the computers. I encourage using the computers to read as much as possible. My kids are bored with books and think they are boring but if they read a story online that comes to life with text, animation, and bright colors - they love it! Of course, they still need to read regular text but digital text is going to be the wave the future with ebooks growing in popularity and text book companies publishing online versions of their text...they need to be exposed to the digital world as much as possible.
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