Assignment 1B

After reading the articles I realized that I prefer reading the old fashioned way. Although technology has more advanced ways of reading an article or a book I prefer the printed paper. When reading online the screen light seems to tire my eyes out. I also tend to lose concentration and lose track of the line I was reading . The idea of scrolling up and down instead of turning pages doesn’t maximize my reading ability. The reason why reading an article or book online seems more interesting because you are able to use it on your everyday devices like your ipad, kindle, laptop, and even phone. They even give you the option on how to receive the information, it can be in auditory form. Instead of you reading it out loud or in your head the computer can read it to you. In reading the article “Papyrus to Pixels” I selected the auditory option. I had difficulty retaining the information because the voice was going faster than my mind was able to comprehend. When I read it for myself two times I was able to pay attention and focus on the article. Something that I read in the article that I found very interesting was the fact that a book called “De Offices” which was created in 44BC can be read online today. This just goes to show you how far technology as come and that it is only getting better. I must say though that I will be sticking to my paper books until I no longer have the choice.