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Tag Archives: online reading
Top Ten Reasons to Visit Your Local Library
This blog was originally published in 2013! But I am putting it out again because I want us to support our libraries more now than ever! I can’t imagine how hard it would be to be a librarian or manage … Continue reading
How to Avoid Deception
This is another re-post of one of our first blogs. It is unfortunate that it keeps being relevant.But Friday’s Columbus Dispatch had an article in it called: Poll: Misinformation a problem. “Most respondents say it spurs extremism, hate.” Written by … Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, educated, informed decision making, reading, reading classes, skepticism, speed reading, speedreading
Tagged Deception, Fact Check, Factcheck, hard copy, hard news, headline news, headlines, Information, journalism, journals, Lie, news, Newspaper, newspapers, online reading, open mind, Primary source, print reading, publications, rumors, skepticism, Snopes, speed reader, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speedreader, speedreading, student learners
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Discover or Rediscover Your Public Library
“When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.”–Jean Fritz, children’s author Last week was National Library Week, and, though we’re a week late, it’s never too late to discover or rediscover your local library! Just don’t plan … Continue reading
Posted in celebrations, information, movies, reading, self development, speed reading
Tagged book clubs, books, Columbus Metropolitan Club, Columbus Metropolitan Library, computers, Joe Blundo, libraries, movies, Ohio, online reading, print reading, public libraries, reading, speed reading, story time, The Columbus Dispatch
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Is the Internet Ruining Reading?
“The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.“–Dan Rather Because of the internet, emailing, and text-messaging on cell phones, we actually do more reading now than we did in the seventies and eighties when … Continue reading
Posted in e-Reading, information, reading, speed reading
Tagged books, computers, google, internet, novels, online reading, pleasure reading, print reading, reading, research, speed reader, speed reading, speedreader, speedreading, writing
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Reading a “Real” Book Is Better Than Reading on an E-Reader
More fun to read a real book I have always preferred reading from paper to an electronic device. My Kindle does have advantages as it goes to sleep when I do so I don’t have to find my place when I wake … Continue reading
Posted in children's reading, e-Reading, family, Learning, reading, schools, speed reading, speedreading
Tagged books, e-readers, e-reading, magazines, newspapers, novels, online reading, periodicals, pleasure reading, print reading, reading, Speed Read, speed reader, speed reading, speedreader, speedreading
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E-Learning Increases Reading Load
“The Stone Age didn’t end because they ran out of stones.” –Unknown Online learning, particularly blended learning, which combines online learning with traditional classroom learning, is the future of education–and the future is here. Online learning requires copious amounts of reading, which requires better … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, reading, reading classes, reading improvement, speed reading, speedreading
Tagged adult learners, blended learning, coaching, debate, e-learning, human interaction, hybrid learning, in-class discussions, learning, multi-method learning, online reading, personal evaluation, print reading, reading, reading improvement, self-study, speed reader, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speedreader, speedreading, student learners, virtual course
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How to Read a Newspaper
“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.” –Mark Twain Mark Twain was a very wise man! But to start with I must state that I believe in getting informed through newspapers. I … Continue reading
Posted in reading, speed reading, speedreading, writing
Tagged hard copy, hard news, headline news, headlines, human interest, journalism, journals, news, newspapers, online reading, print reading, publications, skepticism, speed reader, speed reading, speedreader
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Speed Reading: Scientific Fact or Science Fiction?
“I feel the need…the need for speed.“ –Maverick in Top Gun Speed reading has its roots in research conducted by the United States Air Force in the 1940s. World War II fighter pilots used an instrument called a tachistoscope to … Continue reading
Posted in reading, reading classes, reading improvement, self development, speed reading, speedreading
Tagged adult learners, Air Force, corporate classes, electronic reading material, government courses, military courses, online reading, printed reading material, research, skepticism, speed reading, speedreader, speedreading
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Changing a habit — Live Instruction or Virtual?
For 35 Years, our niche has been “real instruction–real results.” Learning a new skill is better with a good coach who will watch what you are doing, show you the right way to do it, help you practice correctly (the … Continue reading
Posted in reading, reading classes, reading improvement, self development, speed reading, speedreading
Tagged e-learning, instant gratification, on-line speedreading course, online reading, public courses, reading improvement, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speed reading on-line course, speedreading, student learners, time management, virtual course
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Advanced Reading Concepts
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