By Marlo Koch
Entertainment Editor
In the past 20 years, life as we know it has slowly ceased to exist — in the entertainment world, that is.
First, newspapers got the ball rolling with online publications. The New York Times started their website, nytimes.com, in 1996 and our own Chicagotribune.com launched in 1995. Next, it was the need for journals or diaries that began fading. LiveJournal, which started in March 1999 and was followed closely by BlogSpot in August of the same year, started the spur of blogging off strong. YouTube threatened viewers’ attention toward TV when it began exactly five years ago in February of 2005.
Additionally, Hulu, a site that offers television shows free to watch, launched in 2007. Now, it’s books that are under attack.
Sylvester does not subscribe to a newspaper at home because, “I just never got into the habit,” so she is constantly on Google News. She said that being directed to articles on nytimes.com has gotten her addicted to nytimes.com.
Math teacher Mike Riedy said that some books he wants to read are not yet available on the Kindle.
“I think as technology is changing and growing, the district is looking toward the future and how students can learn best now,” Sylvester said.
Kindle Facts:
-Lighter and thinner than a typical paperback; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
–Can hold over 200 titles.