https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip 1. Post 2-3 quotes that stood out to you from the first three letters of our book. 2. Comment or upvote on quotes posted by others. en-us 2023-08-03 18:03:04 UTC 2023-08-07 18:31:11 UTC hello@padlet.com mschooler2 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657359507 "The quality of how we read any sentence or text depends, however, on the choices we make with the time we allocate to the processes of deep reading, regardless of medium" (37).]]> 2023-08-07 16:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657359507 kdinglasan https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657362553 "...the future of the human species can best sustain and pass on the highest forms of our collective intelligence, compassion, and wisdom by nurturing and protecting the contemplative dimension of the reading brain (13-14)" ]]> 2023-08-07 16:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657362553 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657430773 Will new readers develop the more time-demanding cognitive processes nurtured by print-based mediums as they absorb and acquire new cognitive capacities emphasized by digital media? (8)

]]> 2023-08-07 18:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657430773 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657430786 Perhaps you have already noticed how the quality of your attention has changed the more you read on screens and digital devices. ]]> 2023-08-07 18:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657430786 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657431160 With no genetic blueprint for reading, there is no one ideal reading circuit (18)

]]> 2023-08-07 18:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657431160 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657431535 And there is a gift within a gift. Perspective taking not only connects our sense of empathy with what we have just read but also expands our internalized knowledge of the world. ]]> 2023-08-07 18:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657431535 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657431652 2023-08-07 18:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657431652 mschooler2 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657431694 "What good is this power of critical thought if you do not yourself believe something and are not open to having these beliefs modified? What's called critical thought generally takes place from no set position at all" (63).]]> 2023-08-07 18:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657431694 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657432750 2023-08-07 18:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657432750 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657432865 ...from the digital culture, the reading habits of our children and their children...rest on understanding the critically important but never guaranteed allocation of time to the processes that form the deep-reading circuit (38)]]> 2023-08-07 18:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657432865 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657432959 What will happen to young readers who never met and begin to understnad the thoughts and feelings of someone totally different? . .lose touch with that feeling of empathy for people outside their ken or kin? (47)]]> 2023-08-07 18:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657432959 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657433061 What I hadn't a clue about then was the deeply generative nature of written language and what it means ... for generating new thoughts, not only for a child but for our society.]]> 2023-08-07 18:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657433061 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657433538 (7-8) Not a quote, but a thought: Social media could fulfill this epistolary format. The difference is that the reader can respond]]> 2023-08-07 18:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657433538 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657433732 "It takes years for deep-reading processes to be formed, and as a society we need to be sure that we are vigilant about their development in our young from a very early age" (38)]]> 2023-08-07 18:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657433732 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657434550 Perhaps counterintuitively, I have chosen a rather odd, even anachronistic genre from the past, a book of letters, to address issues about a future that is changing moment by moment (9)]]> 2023-08-07 18:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657434550 https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657436260 "What I know is that each of those characters experienced emotions that helped me understand the range of the often contradictory feelings each of us possesses; doing so leaves us feeling less alone with our particular complex mix of emotions, whatever our life's circumstances." (45) ]]> 2023-08-07 18:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kdinglasan/j7o6t0nabgf8fkip/wish/2657436260