Digital literacy in my opinion is basically reading an article online or doing research about the subject. Now in my opinion I feel that learning online can be much more difficult then as if you were in a structured class. I feel that it is more challenging for you to focus and grasp what is being asked because it is all the student with no help from an outsider. I feel that digital literacy can vary from traditional literacy because you may be used to having the assignment right in front of you making it a physical and mental learning experience. With digital it is just in the keyboard as you search for your information.

               Some of the issues that are associated with online reading may be because it takes so much time from a teenagers growing experience. They are hooked to the computer whether it is doing homework or searching things on YouTube. Teenagers testing skills are even going down because of this. Also may even have an effect on an induvial attention span. I absolutely agree with these statements. I would agree with them because I feel reading online changelings the mind, I feel like one may be more stressed from the lightening of the computer and the text being so small. I feel it absolutely have an impact on the mind, especially teenagers.

               However there are benefits to reading online. Some may say because you are able to create your own storyline. Also reading skills are valued by employers. This is a major key in your hiring process. There was a study done in 2006 which showed that people who scored higher on reading tests tend to make a higher income. I do agree with this as well, because in today’s world reading is an everyday skill we need. For example, as little as reading our gps to reading a 30 page paper our professor assigns us. Reading is an important skill to have mastered.

      

               A few things that stuck out to me while reading this article is how reading online can have a serious impact on the mind. I never truly thought about that until reading this. Another thing that stuck out to me was the way they stated about hunter being dyslexic and how he went through school in special education classes. However once he entered high school he dropped those classes. He stated how “Online just gives you what you need, nothing more or less.” I think that is a very powerful line to have said. If you are not a big online reader you are unaware of how useful the internet may be. I think this article relates to pencils to pixels because Baron talked about how technology has changed writing. As in this articles they talk about how much of the internet has affected our society.