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Phyllis DiBianco, Scarsdale High School Librarian Sharon Waskow, Scarsdale Middle School Librarian
 * STI 2007-08 New Literacies Course**


 * Questions (Very Rough Draft):**

1. What is the effect of three dimensional reading* on developing greater understanding of a topic? 2. What do students do when confronted by text that contains hypertext links? Do they click? When? Where on the page? Why? If not, why not? Is there a pattern?
 * “Three dimensional reading” is reading across, down and deeper into the information, enabled by hypertext links.


 * Questions for students:**

1. I prefer to read text on a. paper or on b. a computer screen

2. When a document has hyperlinks do I usually click on them? a. yes b. no

3. If so, why? a. I need to define an unknown term, concept or idea. b. I want to see where the link takes me. c. I just like to click.

4. I may not click on hyperlink text because a. I usually feel I have enough information b. I don’t care c. I find it distracting d. It takes too long