Rosenzweig’s Introduction review

 While reading the introduction of digital history it made me realize this is a different take on what I thought learning about digital history would be.  I thought it was going to be about the making of videos and movies.  Rosenzweig uses a lot of quotes to back up what he is writing.  I have not seen that in many books.  It was a little confusing to read, but informational.  He made a point of paper books being scanned into computers for online using.  Although that is an efficient way to preserve books, many young people now do not read physical books or read in general.  One of the cons of digitizing everything to me is you can not highlight important information and you are not engaged with other people as much (referring to phones).  While the advancement of technology also has its perks; having email instead of snail mail, video calls etc.  Computers also help with doing homework and learning something you may not have a physical book for.  Rosenzweig also points out how school is affected with technology.  It has both negatives and positives.  Rosenzweig has great points about the history of technology and helps you learn there’s a lot of thought to go into something that we have access to everyday and do not think about it.  Compared to 10 years ago we are so advanced in our technology.