I read of this article in terms of building a lesson plan around how to read on the web. As a basic writing teacher, my main concern is that the reader is able to find and comprehend the information they are looking for. So this might be a good mash up to do as a lesson in developmental reading/study skills and digital literacy at the basic level.
The recommendations given in Writing for a Web Audience by Constance Peterson mash well with the SQ3R and SQ4R method of studying a text book. The SQ4R method is recommended by most developmental study skills programs. The S stands for Survey and good headlines, interesting,accurate graphics,as Peterson recommends are best for that. The Q is query or question which is more about pre-reading strategies, but it does suggest making headlines into questions, which simplifies the search and starts the brain to working on answers. The four Rs are Read, wRite Recite and Review.
Peterson's suggestions about keeping it to one idea per paragraph and using lists helps with easy reading.
In some versions of SQ4R one of the Rs is for recall or refer, asking the reader to try to create mental connections between the material they are reading and another concept they are studying or something they might have read before. Peterson recommends using links as connectors between pages.
I would definitely try to use this mash up in the classroom.
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