On Wed, 14 May 1997, F.A. Templeton wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 1997, Nick Kearney wrote:
> > For my three year old daughter there does not seem to be any
> > difference between a book and a screen, she happily draws with the mouse on
> > the screen or with the pen on the page. will it be different when she reads
> > and writes?
>
> But does she take her computer to bed? I'm not presupposing the answer on
> this one, but the hardware people have a job cut out here. How come even
> laptops aren't good in bed? Yet.
> Fiona
>
- or the toilet. or the bus queue. Nor can her parent grab one off the
shelf and stuff it carelessly into pocket on the way to the imminent
school concerts/consultations where the waiting so much exceeds the
action. Not that I'm advocating carelessness with books/pockets you
understand...
When books were first invented they spent their early years trying to be
manuscripts. Screens are still terrible at aping books and haven't yet
learned what it is they do best. But, it's fun trying...
RC
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|