Two articles on reading via the internet - is it making us comprehend less
You may have seen the article "Is Google making usstupid"? http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google
There is another article in the New York Times which has generated discussion on Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading? LM_NET http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?_r=1&hp=...
In reading it over, there is some real food for thought about assessment of student's reading, comprehension and information skills on the internet.
For example "Now some literacy experts want the federal tests known as the nation’s report card to include a digital reading component. So far, the traditionalists have held sway: The next round, to be administered to fourth and eighth graders in 2009, will test only print reading comprehension.
Mary Crovo of the National Assessment Governing Board, which creates policies for the national tests, said several members of a committee that sets guidelines for the reading tests believed large numbers of low-income and rural students might not have regular Internet access, rendering measurements of their online skills unfair.
Some simply argue that reading on the Internet is not something that needs to be tested — or taught.
“Nobody has taught a single kid to text message,” said Carol Jago of the National Council of Teachers of English and a member of the testing guidelines committee. “Kids are smart. When they want to do something, schools don’t have to get involved.”
I would love to see some discussion within this group.
There is another article in the New York Times which has generated discussion on Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading? LM_NET http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?_r=1&hp=...
In reading it over, there is some real food for thought about assessment of student's reading, comprehension and information skills on the internet.
For example "Now some literacy experts want the federal tests known as the nation’s report card to include a digital reading component. So far, the traditionalists have held sway: The next round, to be administered to fourth and eighth graders in 2009, will test only print reading comprehension.
Mary Crovo of the National Assessment Governing Board, which creates policies for the national tests, said several members of a committee that sets guidelines for the reading tests believed large numbers of low-income and rural students might not have regular Internet access, rendering measurements of their online skills unfair.
Some simply argue that reading on the Internet is not something that needs to be tested — or taught.
“Nobody has taught a single kid to text message,” said Carol Jago of the National Council of Teachers of English and a member of the testing guidelines committee. “Kids are smart. When they want to do something, schools don’t have to get involved.”
I would love to see some discussion within this group.
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