28 January 2012, 2:09 am
Interesting developments in smartphones, shopping apps, "cutting the cord" and reading, yes, real books.... Read More »
28 January 2012, 1:33 am
E-readers such as Kindle do not make reading easier or better for students, but they can provide motivation to read, said Janet Bavonese, who teaches reading education courses at Jacksonville State University.... Read More »
27 January 2012, 9:03 pm
With the help of Rebecca Garland, the reading project plans to hold more focus groups to get students excited about reading the John Carter books of Edgar Rice Burroughs.... Read More »
27 January 2012, 3:18 pm
Only someone who has actually eaten what our kids are fed in school could write so convincing an expose about this broken food system.... Read More »
27 January 2012, 2:23 pm
Holt Sivak is chair of the Project Read Literacy Network for Waterloo Region and Wellington County. He recently read:... Read More »
27 January 2012, 12:10 am
U.S. World Book Night will promote reading with free books... Read More »
26 January 2012, 8:32 pm
Teachers and staff at Valley Elementary School in Bensalem hosted a “Family Reading Night” that attracted nearly 300 parents and students to classrooms to enjoy books together.... Read More »
26 January 2012, 8:05 am
You'll usually find me reading at least two books at any given time: one fiction and one non-fiction title.... Read More »
25 January 2012, 5:10 pm
There have been many attempts to replicate the experience of reading a real, tangible book on a screen. There is Google Books, of course, and this somewhat unconvincing page-flipping simulation. There is also Project Gutenberg, the vast online archive of public domain e-books, and, you know, the Kin... Read More »
23 January 2012, 4:19 pm
Doing puzzles and reading books have been linked with a decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease, and a new study may explain why — it reduces the accumulation of harmful proteins in the brain.... Read More »
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