Reading and technology
thb@bonnevilleconsulting.com2024-03-18T06:09:28-04:00The benefits of reading in the context of education and human development in general have been discussed for generations. However, in recent years this discussion has become bound up with our concerns about children’s interaction with technology.Children’s use of social media, for example, and the rise of so-called ‘digital based learning’ in schools, return us to this question about the various benefits of reading.Parents and teachers’ concerns about the rise of children’s ‘screen time’ during the pandemic was also a concern about children’s literacy. If a child spent more time in front of a screen, then surely this was less time [...]

