"Would you like paper or plasma? That's the question book lovers face now that e-reading has gone mainstream. And, as it turns out, our brains process digital reading very differently."  -Raphael

The line above is a quote from an article on the Public Radio International website (PRI.org). With the movement of "one to one" initiatives, technology in the classroom, and standardized assessments on the computer one must ask themselves is there a difference? 

According to this article, the more we read from a screen the less we use our "deep reading" part of our brains. To access this area, we must read from paper daily. Instructionally thinking, teachers need to make sure there is a balance between integration of technology and the good ol' fashion book and paper approach. 

Read on to find out more behind this research: 
Your paper brain and your Kindle brain...