Google is making us smarter as we re-discover new ways to learn. In "Is Google Making Us Supid?” Nicholas Carr argues his profound concern on the use of the Internet and how it is affecting our brains. Carr 's main argument is that the Internet may well have damaging effects on cognition while reading; that would diminish the ability for concentration and contemplation. Carr strongly believes that the problem with the Internet is how it pushes us towards browsing information rather than digging in more deeply and considering it.
I agree with Carr, there is no question that our mental behaviors are changing. We ought to …show more content…
My first obstacle was learning how to become internet knowledgeable. I am accustomed to reading print (books). The next obstacle was teaching myself how to better engage my studies by figuring out what would work best for me. Sitting in a quiet setting had always enabled me to concentrate and absorb whatever I was reading. I have learned that through integrating the Internet while reading my textbook is what works best for me. Most of my professors join, innovatively and fittingly, those digital applications that can improve teaching and learning with thoughtful reading.
Badke says “We need to model the time-honored value of stopping and taking stock, something that has grown scarce in the demanding pace of our Google world. We need to demonstrate, even when we are guiding students in an online search, the capacity to pause and really look at what 's going on around us. Whether that involves adding facets to our search, rethinking search terminology, or evaluating results, these are opportunities for us to get whole brains working .” He is an associate librarian at Trinity Western University, and the author of How Stupid Is Google Making