tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post4770207837509333591..comments2023-10-04T11:35:50.986-04:00Comments on Out of the Jungle: Proust and the Squid - Maryanne WolfJames Milleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368391001719650329noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-37928990471313893312009-08-17T10:50:43.523-04:002009-08-17T10:50:43.523-04:00Screening On Screens Versus Reading on Paper: A qu...Screening On Screens Versus Reading on Paper: A questionnaire for the world to ponder <br /><br />questions for YOU, dear reader, er, screener:<br /><br />for my blog on ''reading versus screening'' in the Internet age,<br /><br />Q and A style: PLEASE ANSWER BY EMAIL OR IN COMMENTS BELOW:<br />EMAIL TO: danbloom AT gmail DOT com<br /><br />1. Since reading on paper is very different from reading on screens,<br />do you think that at some point we might need a new word in English<br />for "reading on screens", yes or no?<br /><br />2. If YES, can you suggest any possible words for this new word: maybe<br />scanning? screen-reading? screening? any other words you can think of<br />that might work well here, words or terms?<br /><br />3. A futurist inthe USA , a very well known person, tells me:<br />"Screening" is not a new term, but this might just be the time that it<br />catches on, given the imminent arrival of Apple's iPad, and other<br />devices. The last time I heard it -- screening -- in this way -- was<br />back in the late 1990s when the RocketBook and Softbook made their<br />debut, but the term didn't do any better than the products did."<br /><br />do you agree with him that THIS might be the time SCREENING catches<br />on? Yes or no or comments?<br /><br /><br />4. This furturist told me "This time around, screening is a clever and<br />useful term capturing the fact<br />that the experience reading on a screen is fundamentally different<br />from reading on paper. Not a priori worse or better; just different."<br />Do you agree with him here, yes or no or comments?<br /><br /><br /><br />5. This futurist also told me ..."So definitley SCREENING is the right<br />word for the moment in terms of drawing<br />people's attention to the vast literary shift about to wash over<br />us....Do you agree that we are now witnessing a vast literary shift<br />about to wash over us? YES NO MAYBE? COMMENTS?<br /><br />6. Is there any research yet that speaks about the way that different<br />parts of the brain light up when people read on paper compared to when<br />they read on a screen? Has anyone studied it this way yet? Can it be<br />studied this way? Do you think it is possible that different parts of<br />the brain light up when we read on paper vs reading on screens? Might<br />PHD people do research on this in the future.? how could one conduct<br />such research? with MRI machines? brain scans?<br /><br />7. Does reading on screens hamper or hinder our critical analysis<br />skills of what we are reading?<br /><br />8. If in the future most reading is done on screens, from computers to<br />iPhones to Kindles to even textbooks on screens, could this hurt the<br />critical thinking skills of young people to think, analyze and asess<br />information?<br /><br />9. Do you think people will be reading on paper surfaces anymore in<br />the year 2050? in the year 2099?<br /><br />10. Are you willing or ready to say goodbye to MR PAPER, and greet<br />the SCREEN AGE with a complete open-minded welcome?DANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-71292710806784593732009-08-17T10:49:59.880-04:002009-08-17T10:49:59.880-04:00I have some questions for all you here. If time al...I have some questions for all you here. If time allows, can you answer and email answers to me at danbloom AT gmail DOT com.....i am a Tufts grad, 1971.....I am trying to contact Dr Wolf now. As we speak. I had not heard of this book before. Dr Anne Mangen in Norway steered me this way. Thanks<br /><br />Here are the questions:<br /><br />http://zippy1300.blogspot.com/2009/08/screening-on-screens-versus-reading-on.html<br /><br />PS: I am definitely NOT spam. do not delete me. smile<br /><br />danny bloom<br />Tufts 1971DANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-32500193247171999342008-09-23T19:45:00.000-04:002008-09-23T19:45:00.000-04:00I loved reading this beautifully written book. Ma...I loved reading this beautifully written book. Maryanne Wolf's research is not the typical cold findings of science, but demonstrates the passion of a frustrated, caring, parent-scientist searching for answers to help her child & others who work so hard overcoming the effects of dyslexia.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00712692051055958627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-84957205771015616842008-09-23T18:54:00.000-04:002008-09-23T18:54:00.000-04:00I loved reading this beautifully written book. Ma...I loved reading this beautifully written book. Maryanne Wolf's research is not the typical cold findings of science, but demonstrates the passion of a frustrated, caring, parent-scientist searching for answers to help her child & others who work so hard overcoming the effects of dyslexia.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00712692051055958627noreply@blogger.com