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Eyes on Reading: Maryanne Wolf with Emily Hanford
September 18 @ 5:15 pm – 7:00 pm
For better or worse, digital reading is transforming the human brain. Join Maryanne Wolf, the best-selling author of Reader, Come Home, and Planet Word’s Journalist-in-Residence Emily Hanford as Wolf presents Beauty, Threat, and Choice: The Deep Reading Brain in a Digital Culture. Wolf’s thought-provoking talk provides a description of the deep reading brain’s development as the foundation for a moderated discussion demonstrating the impact of digital/screen reading on the perception of beauty, the development of empathy, and the extraordinary importance of critical thinking and reflection in a digital age. Following the talk, Hanford will guide the audience through a Q&A.
5:15 p.m. — Light refreshments
6:00 p.m. — Presentation begins
7:00 p.m. — Q+A with Maryanne Wolf and Emily Hanford
This program is part of the Journalist in Residence Program, presenting events in the Eyes on Reading series, open to all and designed for those educators, policymakers, advocates, and parents who are immersed in the literacy landscape. This program is presented with support from the Ibis Group.
For questions or concerns regarding accessibility needs, please contact programs@planetwordmuseum.org.