effort involved in scanning a page for links, and deciding which link, if any, to follow.
reminds me of those treat mats for animals
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From the invention of papyrus around 3000 B.C., until about 300 A.D., mostwritten documents were scrolls, which had to be rolled up by one hand as they wereunrolled by the other: a truly linear presentation.
This is interesting because on a screen we are reading linearly again (pdf or social media feed).
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semantic
Semantics is the study of reference, meaning, or truth.
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phonological
relating to the system of contrastive relationships among the speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language.
we hear sounds and it makes up words and stuff
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Done badly (which is to say, done cynically), the Internet reduces us to mindlessclickers, racing numbly to the bottom of a bottomless feed; but done well, it has thepotential to expand and augment the very contemplative space that we have prized inourselves ever since we learned to read without moving our lips.
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To read silently is to free your mind to reflect, to remember, to question and compare.
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The words no longer needed to occupy the time required to pronounce them.They could exist in interior space, rushing on or barely begun, fully deciphered or onlyhalf-said, while the reader’s thoughts inspected them at leisure, drawing new notions fromthem, allowing comparisons from memory or from other books left open for simultaneousperusal.
This is such a beautiful way to describe this.
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Inspiring this empowerment to reclaim their own learning through reading can, in turn, motivate students to read in thefirst place, wherever that reading may happen
Retweet. I feel like giving students choice and independence will create a calmer environment to work in, therefore motivating them to read more.
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