Three-Dimensional Reading and Writing

Frey, Fisher, and Gonzalez (2010) state that the term three-dimensional reading is often used “to discuss Internet-based reading” (p. 36) in which “with hyperlinks the reader is on a self-directed journey and may never finish the original page” (p. 37).  This is the type of literacy that our current students are learning about and learning with.

 What will be the future of the written word?

With the use of sites such as BookFLIX by Scholastic (mentioned in a previous blog), students are already able to listen to stories and read along.  Some of these stories have music and other applications, such as games, that they can link to right from the page they are reading.  I think that in the future, the written word will continue to evolve and you will be able to access different types of media, perhaps not even thought of yet, from hyperlinks.

Picture taken from: http://www.macscitech.org/choosing-the-best-family-computer.htm

Reference:

Frey, N., Fisher, D., & Gonzalez, A. (2010). Literacy 2.0 Reading and writing in 21^st century classrooms. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.