Academic Musings & Tech for Learning » reading http://lynnembailey.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:44:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Reading Evolution http://lynnembailey.edublogs.org/2009/04/01/reading-evolution/ http://lynnembailey.edublogs.org/2009/04/01/reading-evolution/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:06:31 +0000 Lynne M Bailey http://lynnembailey.edublogs.org/?p=68 I stumbled upon this pictorial from the NY Times that illustrates how reading has changed with the advent of the WWW.

The New Readers

While I cannot locate an accompanying article, it should be noted that new reading devices are also part of the evolution. There the new Kindle, another reader from Sony, and some tout the iPod Touch. These links take a look at those. I really like the size and readability of the Kindle, but there are drawbacks.

Just today there’s a video from David Pogue, but his article is much more enlightening.

NY Times 2/24/09 by David Pogue. The Kindle: Good Before, Better Now: While the changes in the new Kindle are fairly minor, they’re exactly what was needed to turn a very good electronic book reader into an even better one.

NY Times Technology 2/9/09 by Brad Stone. Bits: Amazon.com’s New Kindle Is Lighter, Brighter and Chattier: Amazon.com’s Kindle 2 electronic book reader, unveiled Monday, is thinner, offers text-to-speech ability and has a crisper display and longer battery life than the original.
NY Times 2/26/09 by Danielle Belopotosky. A Walk Through a Crop of Readers: With the new Kindle 2, many are giving a closer look to electronic readers and the ease of downloading books.
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