I agree Jennifer, and also with Renee in the high interest of what they read. And, I think they find their level with what's on the web. You can have two kids researching their topic, the same topic and you have only to see the difference in what they select to read and how it matches where they are at. I find the whole e literacy thing just fascinating and next week I'm really going to watch closely. The webpages do help with comprehension in the way information is broken down, highlighted as you pointed out. Fascinating when you think about it. How the kids are getting the information. Skimming takes on a whole new meaning doesn't it?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 4/19/2008 8:05 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Online Reading Comprehension I wonder if the differences come from the format. Printed text is often linear...you read from page to page to page. Websites are less linear...following links could take you anywhere in the text making it easier to skip around. Webpages are often full of text boxes, graphics and other 'asides' that can be read in any order... Jennifer ssage dated 4/18/2008 8:57:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not sure I would agree with that--struggling readers struggle online--they just scroll through more quickly and look for pictures--more pictures on some sites do aide in comprehension. Some of our reading tests are online and the flipping back and forth can be more difficult than pencil and paper--also they can't mark on the text. I would definitely agree that we need to teach computer reading and the differences with paper **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
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