Education 2.0: Never Memorize Again? - ReadWriteWeb - 0 views
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Memorization is a waste of time when Google is only a a few clicks away.
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"Kids should learn about history to understand the world and why things are the way they are. But they don't need to know all the dates. It is enough that they know about the Battle of Hastings, without having to memorize that it was in 1066. They can look that up and position it in history with a click on Google,"
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"Children are going to have to reinvent their knowledge base multiple times," he continues. "So for them memorizing facts and figures is a waste of time."