Journal post #2

As a child I read anything I could find, books, magazines, cereal boxes, billboards, in short, anything that had words.  I remember vividly the phrase "reading is fundamental".  Today however, things are quite different.  This is the digital age where there are different mediums  from which one can read.  One can even read books digitally through e-readers.  Does this mean that one gains more from reading books as opposed to reading digitally?  I don't believe so.

  In my opinion, reading is reading and words are words. The article "Are u really reading" was interesting on its face but in my mind there was nothing to convince me that reading a book has more value then reading digitally, or internet reading, especially since in this digital age "books" can be found online.  This course is taught entirely online and although we utilize a text, most of the information is gained online to include the article "R U Really Reading".

As I stated earlier, words are words and reading is reading, whether on the internet or in books.  There was a point made about the validity of information found on the internet and the same can be said about the validity of books.  I remember several books that taught that Columbus discovered America.  I believe in this digital age, it is of the utmost importance to be "digitally" savvy and be able to navigate this new landscape.  Yes, there is something to be said for the value of a "book"  but that doesn't make   digital reading any less valuable.....