Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j97HPUG17157; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 13:25:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 13:25:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20051007132237.02392e10@mail.psnyc.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Ira Yankwitt <iray@lacnyc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3799] Re: Reading print vs. reading online X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Status: O Content-Length: 2001 Lines: 50 Great. Thanks, Marian. At 12:38 PM 10/7/05 -0400, Marian Thacher wrote: >This discussion came up a while ago, and Steve Quann posted some good >suggestions for helping students become good Internet readers, and also a >link to an interesting article that compares the two kinds of reading. The >article (originally published the Journal of Adolescent and Adult >Literacy) compares reading strategies for Internet vs. print. It seems >that the biggest difference is that the Internet is infinite. There is an >incredible amount of information and one link leads to another and before >you know it you're lost. So, the primary skills are 1) keeping your goal >in mind at all times, and 2) skimming and scanning are crucial because >there's no way you can read everything. Other strategies, such as >activating prior knowledge and finding the main idea are the same for both. >http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/lit_index.asp?HREF=/newliteracie s/jaal/9-03_column/ > > >Other links to research on this question are collected on the Adult >Literacy Education wiki, in the technology area. This is a good example of >why the wiki is useful. It was much easier to find these resources in one >place that someone collected and synthesized (thank you, David Rosen!), >than to plow back through the archives of this list, using my skimming and >scanning skills! :) >http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ResearchOnTech > >Marian Thacher >OTAN > > > >nifl-technology@nifl.gov on Friday, October 07, 2005 at 6:38 AM -0800 >wrote: >>As a former ABE teacher, this discussion about computer-based assessment >>has raised a question for me: does anyone know of any research on the >>cognitive or psycho-social differences between reading in a digital >>environment vs. reading in a more traditional print format? > > > Ira Yankwitt, Director Professional Development / NYC Regional Adult Education Network Literacy Assistance Center 32 Broadway, 10th Floor NY, NY 10004 (212) 803-3356 iray@lacnyc.org
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