tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post3446209907913729044..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Spotting Fakes and the Death of ReadingPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-31665622937870595532016-11-27T19:16:13.423-05:002016-11-27T19:16:13.423-05:00It may also be the product of the incredibly low p...It may also be the product of the incredibly low production costs of audio and video methods of transmitting information. Reading was a relatively unimportant skill until the invention of moveable type made the written word common. Perhaps we will be going back to a world where the spoken word is again the main way to transmit information. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-8299092910722151192016-11-26T18:18:48.477-05:002016-11-26T18:18:48.477-05:00I am wondering how many of the students in this st...I am wondering how many of the students in this study are products of California public schools. CA public schools rank 50th in the country for the ratio of certified librarians to students. The last figure I saw was 1:7400. If the study participants came from CA public schools, then this means they missed years of information literacy, media literacy, and research skills instruction. This would be one reason the researchers got these results.Mrs. Y-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10751676823720498599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-6507342133121187002016-11-26T17:56:33.988-05:002016-11-26T17:56:33.988-05:00I sadly have informed both of my children that rea...I sadly have informed both of my children that reading for pleasure is no longer what they need to do. In their Common Bore curriculum, they are having a hard time adjusting to the close reading for content that the county wants from them to pass the stupid test. It's sad when you have to tell your children that reading is no fun anymore. edblisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792046029260177146noreply@blogger.com