Traditional vs. Digital

Discuss how the innovation of binding books altered the practice of reading. Did you learn to read using books or computer screens? Which format do you use most often now? Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each format. Do you think children of the future will learn to read from books? Explain your rationale.

   The innovation of book binding has altered the practice of reading. Reading first started out with the Samaritans in the Mesopotamian valley. This cuneiform started out on rocks and so people would have to go look at a rock to read. Then as time elapsed there came the papyrus paper from ancient Egypt. This paper has the papyrus papers smashed tighter. This altered the reading from the cuneiform in Mesopotamia as people could now easily transport messages and write it more easily. This paper was written out along long scrolls to relay information. Now we have a book binding method that compiles the information in a compact and sequential order found in the pages.
   The way that I learned was in a plethora of different methods. This did include reading books and using computers to enhance my learning. But it didn't stop there as I also learned from tactile, auditoria, and kinesthetically.
   The format in which I most often use is reading textbooks, essays, and other documents. Reading does have the advantage of taking in a extensive amount of information, but there is one problem and that is retention. You can read all you want but the problem is that there has got to be a way to retain the information we read, and I believe that other methods such as kinesthetic and visuals means of learning are more effective in retaining information. Though kinesthetic and visual methods of learning can't convey the extensive amount of information as reading can, but they do allow more retention. Auditoria is another way to learn and changes up the common, but as we know in one ear and out the other is the norm.
   I do believe children will continue to learn from reading books because for instance learning and experiences the deep complex emotions and thoughts in classical literature is something so invigorating and can't be completely understood and experienced if we don't read.