Thursday, March 3, 2016

I found an article about technology in education today.  I want to share a highlight. The site is:

http://theconversation.com/education-in-the-information-age-is-technology-making-us-stupid-10844

Check out this statement....Do you think we are becoming more knowledgeable or is technology making us stupid?

"The pub argument is dead. Google killed it with a little help from your smartphone. Instead of long fought debates about who’s right and who’s wrong, an answer is nearly always within easy reach.

With so-called intelligent personal assistants becoming more sophisticated, it won’t be long before we have the same kind of access to information as the characters from Star Trek: “Siri, at maximum warp how long will it take to reach the bar?”

The question is, does this make us knowledgeable experts or is the easy access to information making us stupid?"

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