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Should Colleges Encourage Better Tech/Life Balance? - Tech Therapy - The Chronicle of H... - 0 views

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Devon Dickau on 16 Sep 10

Naomi S. Baron, a linguistics professor at American University, studies how cell phones and online messaging change social interactions. She talks to the Tech Therapy team about her concern that colleges push too much technology on students and professors. Should colleges encourage e-mail-free Fridays?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Naomi S. Baron, a linguistics professor at American University, studies how cell phones and online messaging change social interactions. She talks to the Tech Therapy team about her concern that colleges push too much technology on students and professors. Should colleges encourage e-mail-free Fridays?</div>

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Devon Dickau on 16 Sep 10

Interesting to think about technology saturation is impacting college students. Some college professors are even resisting technology integration in the classroom because of it - if you're interested in Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education has many interesting articles about technology in university settings.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting to think about technology saturation is impacting college students. Some college professors are even resisting technology integration in the classroom because of it - if you're interested in Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education has many interesting articles about technology in university settings.</div>

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Google Instant search feeds our real-time addiction - CNN.com - 0 views

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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
- Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
  
  Two to five seconds to hit Enter? In a society obsessed with saving time, even mere seconds are perceived as valuable.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Two to five seconds to hit Enter? In a society obsessed with saving time, even mere seconds are perceived as valuable.</div>
  
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Web connections have become significantly faster over time
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Web connections have become significantly faster over time
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- Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
  
  Are the speed and brevity of these messages bypassing the potential exploration of a certain topic area in-depth, or is very topic only superficial?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Are the speed and brevity of these messages bypassing the potential exploration of a certain topic area in-depth, or is very topic only superficial?</div>
  
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many social sites now use our social connections to recommend content to us without the need to seek it out
- Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
  
  Search engines do the work for us. We don't even need to know how to find the information ourselves these days.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Search engines do the work for us. We don't even need to know how to find the information ourselves these days.</div>
  
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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 ... ?
- Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
  
  Constant delivery of knowledge.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Constant delivery of knowledge.</div>
  
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- Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
  
  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?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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?</div>
  
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