Writing isn't a solitary act and reading is a social event. Books will be interactive and multimedia. Teachers will have to help students do this.
“Not just when you’re looking at the book, but also when you’re talking to people about the book or when you’re Googling things that occur to you as you read the book.”
The written word is coming to life by being a key part of multimedia," Boardman said. "When people can not only pick up something by the written word, but also listen to it, see it move across the screen or see someone's interpretation of that word through moving images, then I think it becomes much more alive.
"The age of the know-it-all author who went into her room for three months and figured something out that no one figured out, and had a whole idea that was hers alone - it's over."