Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The New Literature


When I first clicked on the site I thought to myself, “what is this?” There were so many links to choose from it took me about 3 minutes just to figure that out. I finally decided upon the classic Little Red Riding Hood. I read the description and realized it was exactly what we discussed in class the other week, a different and innovative type of literature. Just as we had discussed, it was definitely more entertaining and fun to read and use rather than reading from the typical book. With every scene you clicked on an item, it was like turning the page with my laptop’s mouse. I consider this a composition just like any other literature. I definitely think there is a lot less reading and imagination involved with this composition. Perhaps maybe using traditional and innovative literature is a good idea for academic curriculum. Especially younger children in school, they should definitely start with traditional textbook reading. There is no doubt that the websites different literature are a lot more entertaining but I’m not sure if they serve their purpose and that is to teach children literacy. Sometimes we have to just bite our tongues and read what we have to even if it the most boring book (my bio book).

2 comments:

  1. I agree with you that the biology book is very boring, and i also agree with your viewpoint on this subject. Times are changing and of all things literature and compositions are changing too. We are only used to the normal and traditional ways of the book, and when a wrench is thrown in the system. But this wrench is for the better i feel too. It is a unique and innovative way to portray thoughts. Even though our imagination is being used a little less it is showing us that creativity has no limits.

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  2. I believe in creativity and that new things we encounter challenge us think more. The website was fun too look around and definitely not what most would consider normal literature. As far as the education of little kids this could be a great tool. Could it replace conventional books? No. But i feel like stuff like this could be included in how we teach to keep things different and interesting. Looking at pictures we might not use our imagination the same way as when we just read, but we still have to think about the pictures and how they fit together, so in the end it all works out anyway.

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