Google Making USupid Reflection
Initially I thought this class would be an English class. At least, that’s what my academic advisor had said when she picked the class out for me ahead of time. Imagine my excitement when I heard that this in fact, would not be an English class, rather a writing and rhetoric course. My performance in previous English classes had been dreadful, therefore I would have gone into this class with a lack of confidence. Yet, with my newly found understanding of the course description, I was able to attack my course load with confidence. The first subject matter that stood out to me was the video RSA’s, “Changing Education Paradigms,” based on a talk given by Ken Robinson. To my understanding I’m a visual learner, therefore the animation in this
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However, I now understand the difficulties that student’s face due to possible misdiagnosis of ADHD, prioritizing convergent thinking, and having an increase of standardized testing. The work throughout the week wasn’t particularly surprising. However, one that was rather thought provoking was the article Is Google Making Us Stupid? This was a subject matter that I’ve never been able to place into words. I knew that my capacity to read full-fledged articles had periodically decreased over time. It only took the reference to Hal-9000 for me to understand that our brains are undergoing a subtle change. This article relates in a way to Ken Robinson’s talk. Robinson mentions in order to establish his point about the misdiagnosis of ADHA, that children are living in, “our children are living in the most intensely stimulated period in the history of the Earth,” Robinson says. Children are being punished for being distracted by this distracting information. I can infer that Robinson does not agree with this punishment due to his sarcastic tone. If the children should not be punished for being distracted, then what should be done? Well, I actually have an answer for that. By taking the information I learned from, Is Google Making Us Stupid? I would suggest we teach our
However, I now understand the difficulties that student’s face due to possible misdiagnosis of ADHD, prioritizing convergent thinking, and having an increase of standardized testing. The work throughout the week wasn’t particularly surprising. However, one that was rather thought provoking was the article Is Google Making Us Stupid? This was a subject matter that I’ve never been able to place into words. I knew that my capacity to read full-fledged articles had periodically decreased over time. It only took the reference to Hal-9000 for me to understand that our brains are undergoing a subtle change. This article relates in a way to Ken Robinson’s talk. Robinson mentions in order to establish his point about the misdiagnosis of ADHA, that children are living in, “our children are living in the most intensely stimulated period in the history of the Earth,” Robinson says. Children are being punished for being distracted by this distracting information. I can infer that Robinson does not agree with this punishment due to his sarcastic tone. If the children should not be punished for being distracted, then what should be done? Well, I actually have an answer for that. By taking the information I learned from, Is Google Making Us Stupid? I would suggest we teach our