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Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 1
Not dead yet:
The enduring import of the printed word
Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 2
Not dead yet…
What is “dead”, generally & with respect to the printed word?Who says what “dead” means & what is “dead”?When is “death” supposed to occur, or has it occurred?How is death occurring & how will we know when the process is over?Why might it happen/be happening & why should anyone care?“Where is it written?”
Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 3
Not dead? Not yet!
Four areas of life for the printed wordReadingLearningCommunicating Remembering
Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 4
Not dead yet! Reading helps…
… physiologically …mentally/intellectually
… practically
Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 5
Physiological benefits: Your brain on reading
Visual exercise Imagination stimulation Heightened connectivity
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Mental/intellectual benefits
Improved, more efficient information processingIntegrated, multiple modes of cognitionImproved analytical skills, understanding
Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 7
Practical benefits of reading
• Improved navigability of our world•Reduction of the “woolly”•Reduction in criminality• Improved job prospects
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Not dead yet! Learning through words in print
Mental/intellectual benefits Practical benefits
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Mental/intellectual learning benefits
Discernment/recognition of what “counts” in language/cultureWays of thinking, workable modes of self-expressionWays of imagining
Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 10
Practical benefits of learning via words
Forced attentiveness to le mot justeEase of reading/understanding text v. multimedia
Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 11
Not dead yet: Communicating words
Physiological benefitsMental/intellectual benefitsCultural benefits
Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 12
Physiological benefits of communicating •Brains change productively via linguistic cues•Words can (and do) change your brain!•Written words can change you
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Mental/intellectual benefits
Engaging the brain’s central, peripheral processing units
Forced improvement of intellect
Increased precision of thought
Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 14
Cultural benefits of communicating
Cultural transmission =“design feature” of human LanguageOrality and literacy Codes that “count”Veracity
Katherine Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 15
Not dead yet: Remembering…
Benefits of doing it with words….biological/neurological/mental/intellectualsocial/cultural
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Remembering: The mental side of it…
Temporal & functional memory changes via words “The written word is the enemy of memory”? Not! “Mental landscape”, “topography”, etc. The role of “graphicacy”
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Remembering, culture, and print
The literacy thesis“Books bind our understanding”The “font finding” & remembering Desire to recall the “true”
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Not dead yet: Outliving…
Educators & wordsWords & changeDissonance & harmonyVideo killed the radio star?