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This article came into my inbox yesterday and I have shared it with a few colleagues already. I though its balanced approach to a contentious issue worth sharing with you. Rather than interpret the article myself, here are a few excerpts to whet your appetite, encouraging you to foster your own “reading resilience” and engage with the full article:
“Public anxiety about the capacity of digital-age children and young adults to read anything longer than a screen grab has come to feel like moral panic. But there is plenty of evidence to suggest we must take such unease seriously….”
“Reading is a learned skill that requires the development of particular neural networks. And different reading platforms encourage the development of different aspects of those networks...”
“Rather than taking up defensive positions on either side of the digital-analogue reading divide, Wolf encourages us to embrace both. As parents and teachers we can help our children develop a bi-literate reading brain. There are several ways we can do this…”
Enjoy the weekend.
Brian Taylor
Assistant Principal, Campus Curriculum Technology Integration
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