Week 7

The article that I chose to read this week is called The Trouble With Books, and it was written by Jenny Lee. Lee studies the debate between traditional books and electronic devices in which readers download texts and read from the device itself. One point that Lee makes, that I found to be very interesting, is that books are no longer seen as sentimental pieces that are purchased and kept for lifetimes. They have been marketed as cheep and dispensible. This is just another way of making texts accessible for everyone. I find it hard to believe that the book is going to disappear and devices like the Kindle will completly take it's place, but I feel that we as teachers need to embrace this technology, whether we choose to use it or not, and expose our students to it. Some people prefer to read this way, and it is up to us to put this technology into the hands of students who want it.