I am an advocate of what can be done educationally with computer
techonolgy. Witness Chris Green's PsychClassics site and "This
Week" podcasts. But it is clear that many of our students do not
understand how to use some of these technological advances
reasonably. They think they are eating properly because they eat
3 different kinds of chocolate during the day and school
administrations congratulate themselves because they can offer
such an enticing menu.
Most schools offer an academic-success course in the freshman
year. One topic that needs to be covered is how to deal with all
of the attention-grabbing technology.
Ken
Miguel Roig wrote:
In connection with that cartoon, an article that appeared in the NY
Times last Wednesday gives a more disheartening view of students' use of
technology in the classroom:
New Class(room)War: Teacher vs. Technology:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/education/07education.html?bl&ex=11949
30000&en=19674717bccca396&ei=5087%0A
If the URL does not work, I think you can easily retrieve the article by
Googling the title.
Miguel
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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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