Is Computer New Version of Idiot Box?
Perhaps even more so than the original. For some it is an invaluable learning tool, for others it takes away their incentive to learn or retain...they just expose themselves to things, confident they can recall it via Google if they need to. Just skim content for a needed fact or quote. People can get a false sense of their own intelligence, mistaking aptitude with search engines for IQ points. TV may have been, (and for many still is), mesmerizing...but it didn't try to replace functions of your brain and memory. Let's hope the power never goes out.
Related Discussions
- 27
Idiot On The Internet
I'm 45. college educated, and I've been on the Internet for approximately 4 months. (O.K., so I'm little slow on the uptake]I like writing for Hubpages but some of the technical aspects are beyond me. Alright, embarrassing to admit,but I don't know how to cut and paste a link. OK, I don't know how...
- 58
The death of Firefox
For the record, I am pro-Firefox."It doesn’t look good for Firefox: Almost every month for the last three years, Firefox has lost ground to Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Safari. For most of 2009 the trend was fairly straight as it fended off Chrome and nibbled away at IE, but between 2010 and...
- 49
Is facebook good for 6th graders?
Should 6th graders have facebook? Is it dangerous for them?Thanks! ~dogluver1
- 30
Learning While Playing
Playing is an integral part of childhood, it is through playing that we learn, Studying is also an integral part of childhood. When a child is in the school age (6-12 yrs. Old), he usually gets his kicks by being an achiever. It pleases him to be good at class and to know lots of...
- 6
Violence is spawned by gaming,and kids are exposed a lot; should we be more vigi
Violence is spawned by gaming,and kids are exposed a lot; should we be more vigilant, or supervise?Should we allow our kids to play on games into the wee hours and not supervise what they are playing?.
- 10
Idiot On The Internet- Once Again..
Trying to get more traffic, No idea how backlinking works, pasting hyperlinks,when they ask you to paste their link to your site, is there a specific place? Sorry, it's more like olddinosaur on the internet.