the Daily Telegraph has published an article previewing a BBC television programme about the effect of the internet on people's brains and learning styles.
[url]http://url4.eu/1NDD5[/url]
Apparently our brains are being remoulded and in three years many people will need treatment for internet induced mental health problems.
It seems the world of academia believes that it is somehow essential to read full length dusty real world books. Strangely inflexible of them, in my opinion.
Dumbasses.
It seems that they think gaining a basic amount of knowledge fast is worse than a larger amount slowly.
The internet is worth it.
Because it isn't "Traditional" in the sense of text on paper, it is WRONG AND BAD!
[QUOTE=TheBatman;20164585]The internet is worth it.[/QUOTE]
Quoted for truth.
[QUOTE=PelPix123;20164655]Just because normal dumbass teenagers use the internet to escape a hatred of reading that already existed doesn't mean that the internet is making teenagers hate reading.
I, for one, spend about 16 hours a day on the internet. I still curl up with a good book whenever I have the chance.[/QUOTE]
I still believe that books are an outdated and wasteful concept.
Online books and Kindle on the other hand...
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;20164654]Because it isn't "Traditional" in the sense of text on paper, it is WRONG AND BAD![/QUOTE]
Yes, burn the heretics!
:Dawkins102:
[QUOTE=windwakr;20164668]Bouks anned lernin is 4 old poeple,
No, but seriously, we can learn more information faster using the internet. With a book, you sit there and painstakingly read all the boring shit before you get to what you need to learn. On the internet, you just surf to Wikipedia, skim through a page or two, and you're done in 100 time less time.[/QUOTE]
Don't forget, that wikipedia page wasn't published in 1993.
The Internet has actually helped me. It has shown me examples of what happens in real life. It has also educated me since I often research scientific topics. I don't solely depend on the Internet though, I live in the real word. I don't live in a fantasy land. I deal with big boy problems and draw lessons from them, I don't use the Internet as an escape or a vent. It's all in which context youth handle the Internet.
[QUOTE=Wonky;20164690]Don't forget, that wikipedia page wasn't published in 1993.[/QUOTE]
Yes, another reason why books are obsolete.
[QUOTE=windwakr;20164668]100 time less time.[/QUOTE]
You're not really supporting our cause
Internet involves reading,
Oh the irony. :v:
[QUOTE=verynicelady;20164528]the Daily Telegraph has published an article previewing a BBC television programme about the effect of the internet on people's brains and learning styles.
[url]http://url4.eu/1NDD5[/url]
Apparently our brains are being remoulded and in three years many people will need treatment for internet induced mental health problems.
It seems the world of academia believes that it is somehow essential to read full length dusty real world books. Strangely inflexible of them, in my opinion.[/QUOTE]The Internet has already affected people's brains and learning styles.
These days, so many kids *think* they are so good at "multitasking," like writing a term paper for English while browsing Facebook, IMing friends, listening to music, and texting at the same time. Unfortunately for them, multitasking is IMPOSSIBLE according to long-held psychological research, without interfering with a person's concentration.
As for learning styles, there was a Frontline special on PBS last week about living in the "digital nation" where they interviewed MIT English professors who said they are consistently seeing a major flaw in students' writing abilities: the inability to declare a thesis and control the flow of an essay around the thesis. A lot of professors said that when reading a term paper, they often notice "random bursts of ideas" appearing sporadically throughout the paper, indicating a lack of concentration on behalf of the student. They also notice that paragraphs now mean nothing to students, as many students jump to a whole new idea after a new paragraph instead of transitioning from one idea to the next, possibly due to the student checking his Facebook status after finishing a paragraph and losing concentration.
Slap them with a wireless card.
[QUOTE=Doug52392;20164728]The Internet has already affected people's brains and learning styles.
These days, so many kids *think* they are so good at "multitasking," like writing a term paper for Englsih while browsing Facebook, IMing friends, listening to music, and texting at the same time. Unfortunately for them, multitasking is IMPOSSIBLE according to long-held psychological research.
As for learnign styles, there was a Frontline special on PBS last week about living in the "digital nation" where they interviewed MIT English professors who said they are consistently seeing a major flaw in students' writing abilities: the inability to declare a thesis and control the flow of an essay around the thesis. A lot of professors said that when reading a term paper, they often notice "random bursts of ideas" appearing sporadically throughout the paper, indicating a lack of concentration.[/QUOTE]
I can rub my belly and pat my head is that multitasking?
Also, you can't think that EVERY PERSON with internet access uses Facebook and texting. I can read and listen to music.
Hell I just took a shit choreographed to The Unforgiven by Metallica.
People have been using the internet for years, and suddenly...
[quote]And within three years, hundreds of thousands of British teenagers will require medication or hospital treatment for mental illnesses caused by excessive web use, psychologists warn.[/quote]
Our minds adapt for a reason.
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[QUOTE=Doug52392;20164728] they often notice "random bursts of ideas" appearing sporadically throughout the paper, indicating a lack of concentration on behalf of the student.[/QUOTE]
I think the days of hand written essays are coming to an end. Programs like Microsoft office incorporate ability to organise and structure "random bursts of ideas" as you go along.
[QUOTE=verynicelady;20164528]the Daily Telegraph has published an article previewing a BBC television programme about the effect of the internet on people's brains and learning styles.
[URL]http://url4.eu/1NDD5[/URL]
Apparently our brains are being remoulded and in three years many people will need treatment for internet induced mental health problems.
It seems the world of academia believes that it is somehow essential to read full length dusty real world books. Strangely inflexible of them, in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
He's showing signs of the disease. Strap him down, boys.
I do dart between different sources of information instead of sticking to one book. If I want to learn something, I'll get like 10 e-books on it, open up a million tabs in my browser, and see the contrast between how dozens of people choose to explain the topic.
For example, if I don't like/understand the way ebook#1 explains something, maybe I'll like the way ebook#2 explains it. No? Wikipedia. No? Google. No? Still got plenty more ebooks I haven't looked at yet.
Is that worse than sticking to one book? Fuck no. It's saved me so much confusion.
What, did they write this documentary after a common day at TV Tropes?
I read most of the stuff I learn from the internet, as my school doesn't have any books on it.
And it's much more convenient.
[quote]And within three years, hundreds of thousands of British teenagers will require medication or hospital treatment for mental illnesses caused by excessive web use, psychologists warn.[/quote]
"And within three years, we will come up with all kinds of 'mental illnesses' and make all kinds of money 'treating' them."
perhaps it's time to change the way we teach/learn, because i don't think internet use is going to change.
[QUOTE=Talat112;20166079]"And within three years, we will come up with all kinds of 'mental illnesses' and make all kinds of money 'treating' them."[/QUOTE]
You have premature electronic trauma exposure syndrome you look like you need some medical marijuana
[QUOTE=PelPix123;20164655]Just because normal dumbass teenagers use the internet to escape a hatred of reading that already existed doesn't mean that the internet is making teenagers hate reading.
[B]I, for one, spend about 16 hours a day on the internet[/B]. I still curl up with a good book whenever I have the chance.[/QUOTE]
I was about to go "wow get a life" until I realised, that's how long I spend on it during a day. :/
a lot of teens browse the wrong sites on the internet too much and butcher the language, this is the big problem. If people decided to browse Wikipedia instead of txtng frnds & postn on sum1s wall on facebook & tweetng then u wuldnt b complnng 2 much >:))))))))))))))
It's not the internet, it's the dumbed-down internet 2.0 sites like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube that are affecting people.
I've been on the internet since I can remember and I also have ADD which adds to my switching between tabs on the internet, but I can still write structured essays and read entire chapters and even entire books in one sitting.
[quote]Leading neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield, a professor at Oxford University, told the documentary that the web and social networking sites were 'infantilising'' children's minds and detaching them from reality. [/quote]
interesting
i already have a mental illness from too much time on the computer
im fucked up
[QUOTE=synth;20166257]i already have a mental illness from too much time on the computer
im fucked up[/QUOTE]
I don't see how that happened..
though i have it open in the next tab, i would have to agree with them seeing facebook as a social problem. people aren't officially friends anymore until they're friends on facebook; communication and relations have become lazy and centered around a text/picture based world rather than real life experiences etc.
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