I didn't even touch a computer until I was in college. My grandson
is 3 years old and we gave him a type of "kiddie IPad" for Christmas.
The world is changing faster than any of us can comprehend.
http://www.salon.com/2012/01/01/are_we_on_information_overload/
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I don't think it is making us more stupid when it comes to knowledge, but I think it can make us more stupid in some ways when it comes to face-to-face interactions with others.
True.
I love being able to look something up and have an answer in an instant. It's cool to be able to store hundreds of books or thousands of songs in a digital device! Email and social networking have allowed many of us to stay in touch more often.
On the other hand, we've seen some meaningful things like handwritten letters, Christmas cards and phone calls kind of go by the wayside. I like holding a book or a CD in my hand. I actually used to enjoy going to the movie rental stores. And nowadays, lots of times I see kids standing around in groups and not talking, but frantically texting or playing with smart phones. People can't stay off line for more than a few minutes anymore, it seems.
I've gotten to where I think I am reaching some kind of saturation point with all the technology. It isn't that I don't understand it as much as I'm getting to not like it in some ways.
Our education organization's office has given some of us iPads to use for doing speech therapy with kids. They will probably be pissed off at me for not using it as much as I might, but my view is that if I'm teaching communication skills, my students need to learn to communicate effectively with each other as well as with the devices. There are lots of good educational apps to be used, but I won't be making the iPad the focus of my lessons... it will be more like a reward. If they view it as a game or something really cool, we can do it at the end of a session after they've finished their work. 8-)
Steve Jobs was a fascinating man, but I'm not sure I would call him "great"! LOL
I used to have one of those Speak & Spell devices when I was a kid in the 70s. That was about the closest thing to a computer I ever saw as a child.
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