Friday, August 17, 2012
Internet = Smarts?
Does the internet make us smarter? It certainly helps me get my homework done faster, but am I really getting smarter? The internet to me is just a bunch of facts. It is more like getting answers for a trivia game than learning real facts. Yes I'm getting the answers quicker, but only because I'm getting better at scanning the web for an answer, not because I'm learning it. The internet is actually affecting our brain in a negative way than a positive one. It is causing our attention span to shorten and affecting our ability to comprehend literature. We have harder time focusing on one thing at a time and not giving into distractions. Books that are hard to read are becoming even harder. So is the internet really that helpful? Is the time saved on our homework worth the damage that the internet causes?
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I agree with you, the internet is so easy to use so it makes our life easier to get answers and such. Our attention span is only attracted to things we are insterested in; if we think some things are boring then we get distracted easier.
ReplyDeleteSure, we get our AP homework done much faster, but the problem is that we don't process what we learn on the internet. We google the question, let it load, and you copy the answer on your paper. That is definitely not learning, it's copying.
ReplyDeleteWe could learn a lot if we actually put the effort in learning through the internet, but in my opinion, the only reason we use the internet for homework is to save time and relax. Ironically, I'd prefer to use books as sources for help instead of the internet because you would really have to comprehend what you are reading. Finishing your homework faster is not worth not excelling in your education. Your knowledge is not decreasing, it is just not progressing.