An ongoing online project of Casey Smith's MA seminar, "The History of the Western Book," at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington DC, focusing on information, discussion, and debate about the history (and future) of scripted forms, especially the printed forms of the past five hundred years commonly referred to as books.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Story-time & Screen-time
This past Sunday, October 12, The New York Times published a story that precisely mirrors our classmate Camila's essay on the false promises of "interactive" reading for children. Like Camila's essay (although not as persuasive in its conclusions), the NYT article punctures a lot of myths about so-called interactivity. A parent (or surrogate human) will always be more interactive than a computer (at least in the near to middle future).
Here is a link to the story: E-Reading's Oversold Promises
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment