Google Instant search feeds our real-time addiction - CNN.com - 0 views
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shared by Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
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By providing results before a query is complete and removing the need to hit the "enter" key, Google claims users will save two to five seconds per search
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Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10Two to five seconds to hit Enter? In a society obsessed with saving time, even mere seconds are perceived as valuable.
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many social sites now use our social connections to recommend content to us without the need to seek it out
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What's more, this feature enables truly personalized discovery by taking into account your search history, location and other factors -- Google is essentially emulating social networks by trying to predict what we're looking for without the need to submit a fully-formed search
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The next step of search is doing this automatically. When I walk down the street, I want my smartphone to be doing searches constantly: 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?
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In thinking about evolving technology in terms of both formal and informal education, I question whether or not constant and immediate access to information is improving or harming individual knowledge. By this I mean that because we can so easily search for something online, what motivation is there to actually know anything. If we have Wikipedia on our phones, and know HOW to find it, can't we just spend 30 seconds finding the page and "know" something for topic of conversation, or a test? What is the point, then, or learning, of retaining knowledge? I feel that this may be a problem in coming generations. What knowledge will our students actually feel they need to retain? I took solace in the fact that at least we have to learn and teach HOW to find the information, but with new technologies like predictive and instant searching, it almost seems like that is a skill that will soon become unneeded as well. We might as well just be physically plugged in to the Internet with access to all information simultaneously. Thoughts from the group?
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