As agreed with my learning community, we decided to embark upon the Nook E-Reader, a newly emerged e-book reader. The Nook is a multicolored touch screen device that offers a keyboard for you to browse books. In addition, this device has Wi-Fi, lots of storage space, and an MP3 player. Barnes and Nobles allows Nook users the opportunity to have access to their online bookstore, newspapers, and magazines.
Enhances: The emerging of this technology is beneficial in several ways. This technology allows its users to carry and store a plethora of information in one gadget. In addition, this technology will enhance literacy in society. Many individuals are more willing to partake upon something that is not of the norm. For instance, reading a book is the norm and many may grow bored with this. However, reading on a gadget such as the Nook will pose to be more interesting thus heightening the will to do so. The availability of Wi-Fi allows the users of this technology the opportunity to access the Internet, share books with others, and listen to music.
Obsolete:
The creation of the Nook gets us one step closer to ridding ourselves of paper. The Nook is replacing print material. No need to carry books, magazines, or newspapers around when it can be housed in a gadget that can fit in your hand. In addition, the standard MP3 players and IPods are fading away due to the capabilities of this technology to offer these features.
Retrieves/rekindles: In the past scrolls were used for learning. From alphabets, to writing, to telling stories, scrolls were used as a means of transporting and creating information. The same was with the Nook.
Reverses: This emerging technology will cut down the visits to the library. In addition, it will cut down on reading print material.
Evonie,
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I also thought about how it rekindles the manuscripts created by monks from the Middle Ages.
I was reading (by hard copy) the Inkspell series with a few of my students. In the story, the characters are actually drawn into a book they are reading. This aspect made me wonder if in the future, could we integrate teleportation, virtural reality, and stories to create a new learning device for students.