Traditional literacy is in media literacy. You have the ability to read and write which leads to having the ability to analyze and evaluate different things.
Quote:
The RAND Reading Study Group (2002), citing several studies, suggests
that students who are proficient online readers are not necessarily
proficient offline readers and vice versa.
Discussion:
I believe that this quote is wrong because I feel like when a person reads online it is the same thing if a person is reading a book or something. The only difference is when a person reads online I do not know for some people but I get distracted easy. But really what is the difference in online readers and offline readers because I can not think of anything.
Citations:
David, J. (2009, March). Teaching literacy media.
The reading provided examples of the differences between reading a book and reading a webpage. "For example, online readers play a more active role, selecting links rather than turning pages, and they often must interpret visual images to make sense of what they are reading (Coiro & Dobler, 2007"
ReplyDeleteReading and book and reading a webpage required the same skills such as decoding words but reading online requires different skills in terms of know how the information is organized.
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