Comments on: Your Brain on E-Books http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/11/16/your-brain-on-e-books/ Celebrating 30 Years of Ed Tech Vision Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:39:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: New Media, Old Medium | ISTE Connects - Educational Technology http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/11/16/your-brain-on-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3415 New Media, Old Medium | ISTE Connects - Educational Technology Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:55:34 +0000 http://www.isteconnects.org/?p=12718#comment-3415 [...] Also: Your Brain on E-Books Digital Textbooks – an Economical [...] [...] Also: Your Brain on E-Books Digital Textbooks – an Economical [...]

]]> By: Scott Weidig http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/11/16/your-brain-on-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 Scott Weidig Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:04:16 +0000 http://www.isteconnects.org/?p=12718#comment-3087 I love ebooks. Overall it is my truly preferred way to interact with words on a page. That said, I do not have a dedicated ereader. I leverage my iPhone (and before that my MotoQ) using the Kindle app, the Barnes and Noble app, and the eReader app for both personal and professional reading. Additionally, I use it for all of my news via NetNewsWire and Google news. I believe that students are easily adapting to the e environment because of the massive explosion of smartphones and protable gaming devices. The ideas that you can take text (massive amounts of it) with you in a device that fits in the palm of your hand, a device that serves many functions, a device that is always relied upon is revolutionary and one that will sweep through personal educational needs as time goes on. Scott I love ebooks. Overall it is my truly preferred way to interact with words on a page. That said, I do not have a dedicated ereader. I leverage my iPhone (and before that my MotoQ) using the Kindle app, the Barnes and Noble app, and the eReader app for both personal and professional reading. Additionally, I use it for all of my news via NetNewsWire and Google news.

I believe that students are easily
adapting to the e environment because of the massive explosion of smartphones and protable gaming devices. The ideas that you can take text (massive amounts of it) with you in a device that fits in the palm of your hand, a device that serves many functions, a device that is always relied upon is revolutionary and one that will sweep through personal educational needs as time goes on.

Scott

]]> By: Mark P. Fazioli http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/11/16/your-brain-on-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3085 Mark P. Fazioli Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:43:12 +0000 http://www.isteconnects.org/?p=12718#comment-3085 e-books are an interesting media, and certainly have a place in the 21st century world we find ourselves living in today. I do wonder, as this post states, whether we have enough time to process all we are reading due to the "distractions such as hyperlinks and advertisements". This would seem to create cognitive load, and lessen our focus on what is important. We need to keep the conversation going. e-books are an interesting media, and certainly have a place in the 21st century world we find ourselves living in today. I do wonder, as this post states, whether we have enough time to process all we are reading due to the “distractions such as hyperlinks and advertisements”. This would seem to create cognitive load, and lessen our focus on what is important. We need to keep the conversation going.

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