Comments on: My love-hate affair with our modern ways of communicating http://siliconfederation.com/2009/02/my-love-hate-affair-with-our-modern-ways-of-communicating/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jack Herrington http://siliconfederation.com/2009/02/my-love-hate-affair-with-our-modern-ways-of-communicating/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Jack Herrington Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:40:46 +0000 http://siliconfederation.com/?p=277#comment-51 Great post, John. I suspect you'd recognise what's discussed in this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/education/18college.html?_r=1&em" rel="nofollow">New York Times article</a> about students who expect at least a B for turning up to most lectures and an A if they read the material. My favourite quotation is from Jason Greenwood, a senior kinesiology major at the University of Maryland: “I think putting in a lot of effort should merit a high grade,” Mr. Greenwood said. “What else is there really than the effort that you put in?” Well, indeed, Jason, what part could your teachers possibly expect achievement to play. It sounds, John, like your students aren't even prepared to put in the effort to read the material. Great post, John. I suspect you’d recognise what’s discussed in this New York Times article about students who expect at least a B for turning up to most lectures and an A if they read the material.

My favourite quotation is from Jason Greenwood, a senior kinesiology major at the University of Maryland:

“I think putting in a lot of effort should merit a high grade,” Mr. Greenwood said. “What else is there really than the effort that you put in?”

Well, indeed, Jason, what part could your teachers possibly expect achievement to play.

It sounds, John, like your students aren’t even prepared to put in the effort to read the material.

]]> By: Damian Damjanovski http://siliconfederation.com/2009/02/my-love-hate-affair-with-our-modern-ways-of-communicating/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Damian Damjanovski Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:36:31 +0000 http://siliconfederation.com/?p=277#comment-50 Interesting perspective John, and I can appreciate that no doubt since the days of your Osbourne, much has changed, and things appear to continually be spiraling downward. In regard to your first point around differentiation between trash and treasure, may I suggest that you take into consideration, that the generation that currently has been born and raised with one hand on the keyboard, and expected to stay afloat in the torrent of information blasted at them, that natural filtering mechanisms have developed, that perhaps were not present in earlier generations? Your second point is very true, but then again, looking back at the first point, many of the younger digital natives perhaps look for teachings to be broken down into the most digestible proportion, in order to fit in with every other item they might be balancing at the same time. Great food for thought though! Keep it coming. Interesting perspective John, and I can appreciate that no doubt since the days of your Osbourne, much has changed, and things appear to continually be spiraling downward.

In regard to your first point around differentiation between trash and treasure, may I suggest that you take into consideration, that the generation that currently has been born and raised with one hand on the keyboard, and expected to stay afloat in the torrent of information blasted at them, that natural filtering mechanisms have developed, that perhaps were not present in earlier generations?

Your second point is very true, but then again, looking back at the first point, many of the younger digital natives perhaps look for teachings to be broken down into the most digestible proportion, in order to fit in with every other item they might be balancing at the same time.

Great food for thought though! Keep it coming.

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