levnew wrote: >While I am in complete agreement with you, I did wonder if a >conceptual parallel would be the advent of the automobile. > >We embraced it, didn't necessarily understand (or care) how it worked >and now find outselves in the grip of a society dependent on foreign >oil as a result. > >Do you think that the same educative principles would have applied here? > > Well, personally I believe that people still have problems with doorbells: http://www.knowprose.com/node/1306
In an odd sort of way, I'm forcing my visitors into a 'technology blackout'. They've been naughty, and I have revoked their license... :-) But you make some good points... and I have one question at the end of the quote below: >If so, then comparatively speaking, would our society be far better >off if we understood the inner workings of the internal combustion >engine or it is enough to understand the fact that it burns gas and >gives off pollutants as a result which will have a devastating effect >on our world down the road...and what we as a society need to think in >terms of doing about it? > >I guess where I am trying to go with this is this: while I thoroughly >enjoy the history or how the computer evolved, the Internet developed >and the world changed as a result and all the critical analyses >thereof, it that necessary to make me a responsible user of computing >resources? My time as a technology educator in the classroom is >precious and minimal. Some days I feel that it is far better spent >teaching them about responsible computing, ethics, dangers of >chatting, the importance of information management and how acquiring >technology literacy will be foundational to their future than about >DARPA, the difference between analog and digital and the difference >between a LAN and a WAN. It just seems to me we are still playing >"catch up" and I think for now, it is a luxury we cannot afford. > > I wonder if we're spending too much time giving people answers to questions they don't have, instead of having them find the right questions to ask? -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
