Quoted from the online paper, "Recent research by the Newspaper Association of America Foundation, found that students who read newspapers are “more likely to get involved with volunteer work and fundraising to improve their communities.” "
This is an interesting find and the use of RSS feeds to provide the newspaper content to students is an excellent suggestion. As a slight side note, I wonder if the research made any distinction between reading a newspaper in its original print version or reading it online. Either is good, in my opinion, on its own merits. I suspect, though, that there is a difference in mindset to some degree between those who read the print version and those who read online, however subtle it may be. Would this make a difference in the level of volunteerism in one direction or the other?
I like the way you have discussed ways in which rss readers can be used in a classroom setting. Your comparison of the online and the installed version was clearly put. I also realized the distructing aspect of the installed version when i accessed the sites i subscribed to. I did not try the yahoo but i instead opted to use google and i found it equally good and easy to set up and manage subscribtions. To add to the point you made of having students share the books they have or are reading with other students, i think that this way even those students who would otherwise not read will be encouraged to read. In k-12 settings especially, there is that peer pressure that will cause many students want to read more to out-do their peers. As a result, we will have a class that is made of a "reading people".
You make a good point about how it will effect the outcomes of that research results. Also that article did not note if it was an online newspaper or a print one.
Quoted from the online paper, "Recent research by the Newspaper Association of America Foundation, found that students who read newspapers are “more likely to get involved with volunteer work and fundraising to improve their communities.” "
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting find and the use of RSS feeds to provide the newspaper content to students is an excellent suggestion. As a slight side note, I wonder if the research made any distinction between reading a newspaper in its original print version or reading it online. Either is good, in my opinion, on its own merits. I suspect, though, that there is a difference in mindset to some degree between those who read the print version and those who read online, however subtle it may be. Would this make a difference in the level of volunteerism in one direction or the other?
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI like the way you have discussed ways in which rss readers can be used in a classroom setting. Your comparison of the online and the installed version was clearly put. I also realized the distructing aspect of the installed version when i accessed the sites i subscribed to. I did not try the yahoo but i instead opted to use google and i found it equally good and easy to set up and manage subscribtions. To add to the point you made of having students share the books they have or are reading with other students, i think that this way even those students who would otherwise not read will be encouraged to read. In k-12 settings especially, there is that peer pressure that will cause many students want to read more to out-do their peers. As a result, we will have a class that is made of a "reading people".
Alan,
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point about how it will effect the outcomes of that research results. Also that article did not note if it was an online newspaper or a print one.