“Reading on the Internet: Link Between Literacy and Technology”

My third source for the signature essay is called “Reading on the Internet: Link Between Literacy and Technology” an article that talks about the new found skills it takes to be able to find certain subjects. As well as find good information and filter out the bad, to read through articles quickly but sufficiently, and finally about strategies for Internet reading comprehension.

The article is very interesting and shows how people can learn to use the knowledge that they already know to find certain subjects on the Internet. Also, the article breaks down ways that we can comprehend certain massive amounts of information on the Internet. The author makes a list of steps that must be taken to truly understand the texts on the Internet, there is such an extensive set of vocabulary out there that you may not be able to understand a lot of what is being said. Furthermore, the article talks about the link between literacy and technology, how they converge when children read on the Internet while searching for a subject for a paper or just for the information. Finally the reading talks about the connections with reading print text and applying them to reading Internet text.

The articles main tie in with Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid” would have to be that they both talk about the new reading techniques there are to reading on the Internet. Initially it can be very difficult to use a search engine and to read through tons of information that is constantly taking you to more places, either getting you closer or further to your goal. To be able to read on the Internet is much more difficult, what I like about the article is it basically answers Carr’s question of why he cannot read certain long articles or how to avoid those situations.