To be added to the 3 articles submitted. The definition of literacy is: "ability to read and write, reading/writing proficiency; competence or knowledge in a specified area."
Bearing this in mind, we are discussing the difference between being "literate" or able to read and write, comprehend what we are reading and convey what we wish, competently in writing.
Since our transition to the Internet, the definition of what predicates true literacy and the foundations it was raised upon have dramatically changed and are engaged in on-going evolutionary change.
Books of the past are transcribed into digital pages and cursive is in danger of extinction as a form of writing skill-something that was formally taught to every student before allowing them to graduate, for decades, perhaps even hundreds of years.
Where our emphasis has once resided, it has now changed.
We now live in a different reality that can and will broaden our minds, has been proven to provoke more mental activity than the written paper page and is in the scope of evolutionary reality.
Here is a quote from Forbes.com on "How the Internet Saved Literacy":
"A study of the use of areas of the brain during different activities found that it is markedly more active when carrying out an internet search than when reading a book. The stimulation was concentrated in the frontal, temporal and cingulate areas, which control visual imagery, decision-making and memory. The areas associated with abstract thinking and empathy showed virtually no increase in stimulation. The study's authors say it shows how our brains could evolve over the long term with the increased use of technology."
"Dr Gary Small, director of the memory and ageing research centre at the University of California, Los Angeles, said: "Young people are growing up immersed in this technology and their brains are more malleable, more plastic and changing than with older brains," he said.
and,
"The next generation, as (Charles) Darwin suggests, will adapt to this environment. Those who become really good at technology will have a survival advantage - they will have a higher level of economic success and their progeny will be better off." The brains of 24 volunteers between the ages of 55 and 76 were scanned for the study."
started by israelj on 15 May 14
The definition of literacy is:
"ability to read and write, reading/writing proficiency;
competence or knowledge in a specified area."
Bearing this in mind, we are discussing the difference between being "literate" or able to read and write, comprehend what we are reading and convey what we wish, competently in writing.
Since our transition to the Internet, the definition of what predicates true literacy and the foundations it was raised upon have dramatically changed and are engaged in on-going evolutionary change.
Books of the past are transcribed into digital pages and cursive is in danger of extinction as a form of writing skill-something that was formally taught to every student before allowing them to graduate, for decades, perhaps even hundreds of years.
Where our emphasis has once resided, it has now changed.
We now live in a different reality that can and will broaden our minds, has been proven to provoke more mental activity than the written paper page and is in the scope of evolutionary reality.
Here is a quote from Forbes.com on "How the Internet Saved Literacy":
"A study of the use of areas of the brain during different activities found that it is markedly more active when carrying out an internet search than when reading a book.
The stimulation was concentrated in the frontal, temporal and cingulate areas, which control visual imagery, decision-making and memory.
The areas associated with abstract thinking and empathy showed virtually no increase in stimulation.
The study's authors say it shows how our brains could evolve over the long term with the increased use of technology."
"Dr Gary Small, director of the memory and ageing research centre at the University of California, Los Angeles, said: "Young people are growing up immersed in this technology and their brains are more malleable, more plastic and changing than with older brains," he said.
and,
"The next generation, as (Charles) Darwin suggests, will adapt to this environment. Those who become really good at technology will have a survival advantage - they will have a higher level of economic success and their progeny will be better off."
The brains of 24 volunteers between the ages of 55 and 76 were scanned for the study."
Simpson, A. (0039, November 24). Internet 'speeds up decision making and brain function'. The Telegraph. Retrieved May 15, 2014, from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3262597/Internet-speeds-up-decision-making-and-brain-function.html