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Revolution to Reading, Learning and Social Responsibility August 3, 2008

Posted by Greg Troxell in Uncategorized.
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Since the introduction of humanity, there has been tribalization and the web has provided one more grouping.

As shared in the article, the web provides an interactive learning expereince. More powerful than the dewey decimal system and card catalog system we were trained to master at our local library from the time we were 6 years old ‘the [web gives its users the] ability to quickly find different points of view on a subject and converse with others online.”

The level and scope of engagement is opening new venues and potential to the growth curve of our overall development and health. Understanding, appreciation and responsible interaction is the key to a more peaceful and humane world.

So whle it may be that the web users are reading, learning, parousing, browsing,or viewing – the fact is that they are interacting with others. They are opening their minds to a world of ideas and concepts – some foolish and reckless and some challenging and full of sage advice.

Wisdom is the effectual result of ones exposure to the real world. – Surf on!

clipped from www.nytimes.com

As teenagers’ scores on standardized reading tests have declined or stagnated, some argue that the hours spent prowling the Internet are the enemy of reading — diminishing literacy, wrecking attention spans and destroying a precious common culture that exists only through the reading of books.

But others say the Internet has created a new kind of reading, one that schools and society should not discount. The Web inspires a teenager like Nadia, who might otherwise spend most of her leisure time watching television, to read and write.

Some Web evangelists say children should be evaluated for their proficiency on the Internet just as they are tested on their print reading comprehension. Starting next year, some countries will participate in new international assessments of digital literacy, but the United States, for now, will not.
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