As someone involved with high school students, I hear a lot of "well, I don't know if Canada is part of the United States or not, but I will look it up on the inter-net." (Actual example...)
The internet seems to be lessening the expected knowledge base that members of the population should posess... Rather than learning and actively KNOWING something, we're becoming a nation of "I'll look it up"
This trend may not have been so bad, back in the days of Encarta and Compton's digital encyclopedia were the norm for digital information, but now that everyone is using internet technology and resources, we must teach the valuable skills of verifying data. Imagine how many misinformed people are that way due to outdated or incorrect or biased information on web sites.
I guess I am going to sum things up: if this medium is to be used, we must teach the ways to use it, too.
... is that DoubleClick can spy on me at a faster rate, I can connect faster so that spam is still nice and warm when I check my inbox, and I can also see if my favorite telemarketers are calling me while I am on-line! I can't wait. --Nick
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eBay should just hire Hilary Rosen to run everything.
Why does it always rain in Redmond? Maybe Seattle is also just suffering ill effects from the large vacuum hole...
The internet seems to be lessening the expected knowledge base that members of the population should posess... Rather than learning and actively KNOWING something, we're becoming a nation of "I'll look it up"
This trend may not have been so bad, back in the days of Encarta and Compton's digital encyclopedia were the norm for digital information, but now that everyone is using internet technology and resources, we must teach the valuable skills of verifying data. Imagine how many misinformed people are that way due to outdated or incorrect or biased information on web sites.
I guess I am going to sum things up: if this medium is to be used, we must teach the ways to use it, too.
... is that DoubleClick can spy on me at a faster rate, I can connect faster so that spam is still nice and warm when I check my inbox, and I can also see if my favorite telemarketers are calling me while I am on-line! I can't wait. --Nick