1. Do you find it difficult to hold the book and sit?
2. Do you feel that nothing is entering your head?
3. Do you start searching for images?
Welcome to the aftermath of 'YouTubing'.
Videos quickly capture our attention, moving images and intense speech captivates our senses. True, books do not but remember we are naturally bound to the thought process of the Video maker rather than independent thinking.
In my own experience, I feel the inclination to watch a detective series than read the same as a book. This serious, all of sudden behaviour, prompted me to think where I lack my attention. After a lot of curious brainstorming within me, I came to this conclusion. I am not aware if anyone else suffers with similar symptoms. The similarity to an ADD(attention deficit disorder) is much visible in my way of reading.
In-depth thought into my lacking has led to the discovery of the following facts between book reading and a video of the same content.
1. Connecting words without expression
2. Distraction during reading
3. Concentration towards the subject in the text
Reading is a habit that develops not only thinking but also expand creative thoughts and imagination. It does not fix a character to the story but empowers the reader to stretch the notion beyond the boundaries of the context.
Challenges are opportunities to excel has always been my motto and I believe that reading is a challenge. Being an educator, myself, I understand the difficulty in developing this skill among learners. It is a step wise progression, of the ability that is considered in education as the child grows into an adult. The advent of Videos is now striving to abolish the practice of reading which thrives in the young minds. So, Should we provide videos in the learning process?
The answer is debatable but my consideration would be to limit Videos in areas of hard core concepts like grammar, experimental set ups etc. While teaching stories, problems-solutions YouTube should be strictly avoided to so that conclusions can be brought through insight and in-depth reading.
My encounter in this arena has taught me not to browse for books or stories in the YouTube or Vimeo. As I look into the new area of audio books also, I feel there is only lack of images, but the effect is same. When we are blessed with a wonderful eyesight, reading allows us to have focus with all our senses. Reading a good book is worth more than watching ten videos on the same subject. Today's Online world has proven it easy to search everything in Google. However, if we could pause, take a step back and look at 'how to read to find better solutions' we will be definitely ten times more successful than a 'YouTubing' reader.
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Happy Reading!!!
Reading promotes innate peace and immense understanding of lot many versions of the same text. It does brings us to a trans when the focus is priortised and visual thinking happens at the background. Language and its use develops among young when reading happens. We need to understand that our process that is imbibed in our genes is what we have to expand. Reading has been an internal process for generation and the trait of the intellect, following this brings us close to liberation of challenges which also guides us to a better future. Eternal readers, read, bask and glow in the wider arena of books.
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