20 blog reactions to http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/steven_poole/2007/12/is_our_children_reading.html

paid towards such great positives behind video games. Having Super Mario as your teacher might not be such a bad idea after all! For more information on learning through the use of video games, specifically in terms of literacy, see the following: http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/steven_poole/2007/12/is_our_children_reading.html

sentences, follow the conventions of the language, reading comprehension etc.) are the weakest. A coincidence? Is playing a video game as valuable to developing literacy skills as reading? There’s a hot question.  Read this for more to ponder: Is Our Children Reading?”

BB is a community-oriented international (no tautology intended) kids’ books publisher whose stories help their readers to establish a sense of place and culture. Check out their website here BBC article on the government’s pushy reading policy Interestsing Simon Poole Guardian blog on reading and computer games Alternatively, check out Transition Town Lewes’ storytelling event at the Elephant and Castle (same time) 7-9pm, Lewes Library, Free

to the things we read; now, we have one night stands. So what?, I hear you saying. Yes, some people lament the decline of old-style reading: hence the chorus of disapproval greeting the report of the International Literacy Study, released last week. Saner voices see that “youth literacy isn’t actually decreasing; it’s just moving into arenas that the fogeys don’t know about or understand”. But what if the changing reading habits also changed the way we thought about liberty, equality and fraternity:

is still the television, but the report notes that even if people weren’t watching tv, they wouldn’t necessarily read more. Similar news from abroad, “England plunges in rankings for reading” (Guardian, UK), does blame gaming, which prompted an interesting rebuttal from Steven Poole.

is still the television, but the report notes that even if people weren’t watching tv, they wouldn’t necessarily read more. Similar news from abroad, “England plunges in rankings for reading” (Guardian, UK), does blame gaming, which prompted an interesting rebuttal from Steven Poole.

a sentiment that is close to our own feelings: that literacy is not decreasing due to new technologies, but rather expanding into different and varied forms that aren't always on paper, and aren't always in the form of insulting children's literature.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

t need to read books.  In fact there is not substitute for a good book. I just got done last month reading a great book called “Lord of the Flies.” But to say that our kids aren’t reading, is false. Kids are reading, just in a different way. Read Article HERE  Share This

t matter though, the mainstream media just skips past that bit. Not because they are purposefully out to destroy games, but because they are too lazy to do any research. Click over to read an article all about the games and reading debate. Article here Link

stay away from the scaremongering