The title of this article is Does the Internet Make You Smarter? It is written by Clay Shirky. The article is written in the Wall Street Journal. This journal entry is written to people who are used to the old routines of past and think that the internet is going to make the new generation stupid. This is also written to the new generation that is supposedly going to be so stupid‚ as a challenge to doing something great with the opportunity we have been given with this newfound technology. This journal
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Does Music Make You Smarter? Rameka Sahadeo University of Missouri-Kansas City American music education is at a turning point in its history‚ and poised for a modern renaissance. After decades of budgetary neglect as an "elective‚" music is reasserting itself thanks to a growing body of scientific data that shows how vital it is to a student’s success in all academic areas. Research is showing that music isn’t only a social trend; it also has a biological and neurological basis. It is said that
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Does The Internet Make You Smarter? Brentney Davis Ivy Tech Community College Cover Letter Dear Professor Downton: In my peer responses‚ I noticed a lot of the students said I didn’t have the questions I proposed answered for them so I went back and included that into my final draft. I also made sure to state the article in the introduction that I am summarizing and responding to. Problems I encountered while revising my draft were the compatibility of the computer I was using with the Microsoft
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ersonally I think that you can get smarter‚ because as you age/grow older and become more mature you experience and learn alot more than you already knew. For example when I was 8 years old I didn’t know anything about world history at all‚ but eight years later you learn that type of stuff. If you wanna get smarter then the only thing you have to do is basically read. Make sure you read books‚ magazines‚ articles‚ newspapers‚ etc. You may also read the dictionary if you please. “According to the
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common knowledge that TV has negative effects on the brain and reduces its capacity to think. Many would argue against it‚ by saying that it opens up a whole new world to you. However‚ the truth remains that adverse effects of television eclipse any kind of positive effect it might bring. Negative Effects of Television on the Brain Addiction to Audio-Visual The first and foremost unwanted effect of television is‚ addiction. A viewer enters a hypnotic state while watching TV for a long time. This
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The article‚ “Can You Make Yourself Smarter?” by Dan Hurley‚ illustrates the prevalence and importance of crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence. One thing he does not touch on in his article is the different kinds of intelligence‚ for example‚ emotional intelligence. Like crystallized and fluid intelligence‚ emotional intelligence is extremely ubiquitous‚ but emotional intelligence is the most important aspect of intelligence related to influences on job performance‚ as well as its importance
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to ever be created‚ or is it? I cannot imagine life without a TV. Television provides information and entertainment. Nowadays almost all people have their TV at home. Ever since I read Dana Stevens article‚ I’ve learned that television does more harm than good to people’s lives. TV can be comforting but it can get addicting. It teaches children to sit and watch adventure TV shows than actually doing it. Society thinks that watching TV is okay but in my opinion it’s not it can teach children bad things
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would disagree with these statements; in Clive Thompson’s article‚ “Smarter than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better”‚ he proposes that technology acts as an enabler for humans rather than a hindrance. Thompson believes that if humans and technology can seamlessly work together‚ humans can be transformed into experts in their respective fields of study regardless of their prior experience. Thompson’s summary of how technology has influenced the game of chess into a game that
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Children are spending way to much time watching television instead of going outside and running in the sun or playing with their friends. So T.V is a bad hobby being introduced to small children that later on that will be their weakness when trying to study or do homework. It will soon hit them as an obstacle and they will eventually start getting bad grades‚ becoming violent and rude‚ and maybe even dropping out of school. Violent kids‚ talking bad‚ rude‚ flunkers‚ ect. Those are all examples
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Video Games Discussion: Visuals/Narrator’s position The narrator provided a variety of different visuals on the specific topic of “Do video games make you smarter? With a few visuals that were along the lines of mental and visual‚ one showing the increase in cognitive functioning of the brain; associated with memory‚ strategic planning‚ and fine motor skills‚ video games have shown to have a positive effect on education. Along the lines of effectiveness‚ they’re designed as teaching tools
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