flipbook children and e-readers, sarah capponi

They fill their Kindles with e-books when they are traveling, but when they are at home, it’s paper-and-print most of the time. She chalks it up to a love of the large-format pictures and rich text that e-books don’t always replicate. She also thinks it has something to do with the excitement of browsing a library of “real” books to find hidden treasures.

- Leticia Barr cited in the Mercury News, December 2013

Print Books

• Hands on experience

• Falling in love with reading

• Focusing a chid’s attention

E-Books

• Its more interactive

• Its more rewarding

• It caters to kid’s unique

learning style

Digital matches print for boosting early reading skills

- Jenny Deam cited in Scholastic Parents

How do our brains respond differently to onscreen text than to words on paper?

Should we be worried about dividing our attention between pixels and ink or is the

validity of such concerns paper-thin?

Ferris Jabr, Scientific Ameica April 2013

Unlimited access to titles

makes it easy for

children to have access

to many different

genres of books.

But is having this much

access a good thing?

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• Lecture Module #3, Part #1

• Deam, Jenny. E-Books vs. Print: What Parents Need to Know, Scholastic. http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/developing-reading-skills/e-books-vs-print-what-parents-need-to-know. Retrieved March 3rd 2017.

• Alba, Davey. Publishers are Lining up Behind “Netflix For Books” Services. But Why? Wired Magazine, January 13th 2015.https://www.wired.com/2015/01/publishers-lining-behind-netflix-books-services/. Retrieved March 4th 2017.

• Jabr, Ferris. The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens. Scientific America, April 11th 2013. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reading-paper-screens/. Retrieved March 5th 2017.

• Guernsey, Lisa. Why E-Reading with Your Kid Can Impede Learning. Time Magazine, December 20th 2011. http://ideas.time.com/2011/12/20/why-ereading-with-your-kid-can-impede-learning/. Retrieved March 5th 2017.

• Joyce, Amy. Are Children Learning to Read on E-Readers? The Mercury News, December 5th 2013. http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/12/05/are-children-learning-to-read-on-e-readers/. Retrieved March 5th 2017.