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Language
English
Description
Wolf considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy and reflection as we become increasingly dependent upon digital technologies.
A decade ago, Wolf's Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the way we think and feel. Now that we are completely immersed in the internet and digital devices, our ways of processing language have altered dramatically....
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Andrew Piper grew up liking books and loving computers. While occasionally burying his nose in books, he was going to computer camp, programming his Radio Shack TRS-80, and playing Pong. His eventual love of reading made him a historian of the book and a connoisseur of print, but as a card-carrying member of the first digital generation-and the father of two digital natives-he understands that we live in electronic times. Book Was There is Piper's...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The digital revolution has transformed reading. Onscreen text, audiobooks, podcasts, and videos often replace print. We make these swaps for pleasure reading, but also in schools. How We Read Now is a ringside seat to the impact of reading medium on learning. Teachers, administrators, librarians, and policymakers need to make decisions about classroom materials. College students must weigh their options. And parents face choices for their children....
Author
Publisher
Libraries Unlimited, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The goal of this book is to introduce you to information and instruction on the use of a variety of free apps that can be used in book promotion routines. The book is divided into four chapters that group the technology - visuals, videos, audio, and resources - to help find books and tools to use in your reading program. Every recommended app is available to use for free. Each app mentioned gives the user information as to what device it works on....
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Can a case be made for reading literature in the digital age? Does literature still matter in this era of instant information? Is it even possible to advocate for serious, sustained reading with all manner of social media distracting us, fragmenting our concentration, and demanding short, rapid communication? In The Edge of the Precipice, Paul Socken brings together a thoughtful group of writers, editors, philosophers, librarians, archivists, and...
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