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Google reader e-readers

Google reader e-readers. The effects of technology on our attention spans. Blogs. How do you usually read a blog? What are you reading for? How much time do you spend reading them? What are your expectations? Entertainment Information Instruction News. Books: Textbooks, Novels, etc.

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Google reader e-readers

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  1. Google readere-readers The effects of technology on our attention spans

  2. Blogs • How do you usually read a blog? • What are you reading for? • How much time do you spend reading them? • What are your expectations? • Entertainment • Information • Instruction • News

  3. Books: Textbooks, Novels, etc • Really (really) high costs… • What do you read for classes? • More textbooks, coursepacks, or novels? • What are you reading these texts for?

  4. Google Books • Do you use it? • What do you use it for? • Do you like the interface? Is it easy to use?

  5. E-readers (comic from penny arcade)

  6. E-readers continued… • Are they too expensive? Do they complicate things? • Idea of previewing a book/making a book an impulse buy • Previews on songs, does the same concept work for a book? • Does this change the expectations for the first few pages of a book? • What would you use it for? • Magazines • Newspapers • Comics • Books

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