Learning to read is a fundamental rite of passage—as powerful as learning to speak or walk.
E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines | Pew Internet Libraries - 0 views
Younger Americans' Reading and Library Habits | Pew Internet Libraries - 0 views
Study Predicts Always-On Generation Will Excel at Multitasking; Lag in Patience and Foc... - 0 views
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Article on SLJ's Digital Shift page regarding how Generation AO (Always On) will deal with multitasking, patience & focus by 2020
Why Read?: Sven Birkerts on the essential link between literacy and the imagination - 0 views
Read Beyond the Lines: Transmedia has changed the very notion of books and reading - Th... - 1 views
Kids & Family Reading Report Online Press Kit | Scholastic Media Room - 1 views
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2010 Kids & Family Reading Report™ conducted by Harrison Group and Scholastic
Article: Reading Redefined for a Transmedia Universe - 0 views
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Learning and Leading - November 2011 - Page 12-13
Truth, Lies & the Internet - Study/Report - 0 views
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Truth, Lies and the Internet examines the ability of young people in Britain to critically evaluate information they consume online. The report reviews current literature on the subject, and presents a new poll of over 500 teachers. It finds that the web is fundamental to pupils' school lives but many are not careful, discerning users of the internet. They are unable to find the information they are looking for, or trust the first thing they see. This makes them vulnerable to the pitfalls of ignorance, falsehoods, cons and scams.
TED-ED - Does spelling matter? - 0 views
"The Future of Reading": Lee Rainie on Vimeo - 0 views
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Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, delivered the plenary at the School Library Journal Summit, September 23, 2011 in Washington, DC. The event topic: "The Future of Reading."
Reading, Writing, & Research in the Digital Age | Pew Research Center's Internet & Amer... - 1 views
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At the School Library Journal's Leadership Summit 2011, Director Lee Rainie looked at the "state of reading" in the digital age by going through Pew Internet data about how teens use the internet, smartphones, and social networking sites. He argued that reading is now 1) raw material for further creation; 2) real-time in the mobile age; 3) a "social contact sport" as teens share reading and other media and learn from them.
Persuasive Techniques in Advertising - 1 views
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Video could be used to illustrate some potential methods students might use in their persuasive letters to decision makers concerning the issue of literacy and reading in schools/education.
Reading with '1, 2, 3 Sí' - San Antonio Express-News - 0 views
H-E-B chief urges parents to Read 3 - San Antonio Express-News - 0 views
Fate of Books in the Age of Tweets (article) - 1 views
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From Gale DB: The following comments, from chronicle.com, are about the article "Will the Book Survive Generation Text?," by Carlin Romano (The Chronicle Review, September 3). "The Fate of Books in the Age of Tweets." The Chronicle of Higher Education 57.04 (2010). Gale Power Search.
