Online Readers Compose Their Own Beginning Middle End

by on 2 August, 2008 - 22:48

by: Lynette Webb

The idea for this slide came from a recent article in the NYT about how the internet is impacting literacy:

F.decorate(_ge('button_bar'), F._photo_button_bar).bar_go_go_go(2724108355, 0);                    Image from Flickr CC www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/322023870/ thanks to ecstaticist. The idea for this slide came from a recent article in the NYT about how the internet is impacting literacy: “Clearly, reading in print and on the Internet are different. On paper, text has a predetermined beginning, middle and end, where readers focus for a sustained period on one author’s vision. On the Internet, readers skate through cyberspace at will and, in effect, compose their own beginnings, middles and ends. Young people “aren’t as troubled as some of us older folks are by reading that doesn’t go in a line,” said Rand J. Spiro, a professor of educational psychology at Michigan State University who is studying reading practices on the Internet. “That’s a good thing because the world doesn’t go in a line, and the world isn’t organized into separate compartments or chapters.” www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?pagewante...      Image from Flickr CC www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/322023870/ thanks to ecstaticist. “Clearly, reading in print and on the Internet are different. On paper, text has a predetermined beginning, middle and end, where readers focus for a sustained period on one author’s vision. On the Internet, readers skate through cyberspace at will and, in effect, compose their own beginnings, middles and ends. Young people “aren’t as troubled as some of us older folks are by reading that doesn’t go in a line,” said Rand J. Spiro, a professor of educational psychology at Michigan State University who is studying reading practices on the Internet. “That’s a good thing because the world doesn’t go in a line, and the world isn’t organized into separate compartments or chapters.” www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?pagewante... Original Post: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/2724108355/F.decorate(_ge('photo_notes'), F._photo_notes).notes_go_go_go(2724108355, 'http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2724108355_60041489b4_t.jpg', '3.1444'); View lynetter's map   Taken in a place with no name (See more photos or videos here)Image from Flickr CC www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/322023870/ thanks to ecstaticist. The idea for this slide came from a recent article in the NYT about how the internet is impacting literacy: “Clearly, reading in print and on the Internet are different. On paper, text has a predetermined beginning, middle and end, where readers focus for a sustained period on one author’s vision. On the Internet, readers skate through cyberspace at will and, in effect, compose their own beginnings, middles and ends. Young people “aren’t as troubled as some of us older folks are by reading that doesn’t go in a line,” said Rand J. Spiro, a professor of educational psychology at Michigan State University who is studying reading practices on the Internet. “That’s a good thing because the world doesn’t go in a line, and the world isn’t organized into separate compartments or chapters.” www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?pagewante...

online readers compose their own beginning middle end
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The idea for this slide came from a recent article in the NYT about how the internet is impacting literacy:
"Clearly, reading in print and on the Internet are different. On paper, text has a predetermined beginning, middle and end, where readers focus for a sustained period on one author's vision. On the Internet, readers skate through cyberspace at will and, in effect, compose their own beginnings, middles and ends. Young people "aren't as troubled as some of us older folks are by reading that doesn't go in a line," said Rand J. Spiro, a professor of educational psychology at Michigan State University who is studying reading practices on the Internet. "That's a good thing because the world doesn't go in a line, and the world isn't organized into separate compartments or chapters."
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