Nicholas Carr " Is Google Making Us Stupid"

   Carr, N. (2014). "Is Google Making Us Stupid?". 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology (4 ed., ). Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's.

 Nicholas Carr's essay "Is Google Making Us Stupid" claims that we have become too dependent on the internet and in some ways affects our thinking and attention span. Carr supports his ideas by pointing out his difficulty with concentrating while reading a book. Also his friends and certain bloggers he follows expressing the same difficulty. In defense to his claims, Carr quotes James Old a neuroscience professor, who directs the Krasnow Institution for Advanced study of George Mason University about how the brain changes it's old connections to new ones. It can adjust the way it functions(Carr, 2008). Through this information Carr makes the connection of Google's motivation to turn their search engine into artificial intelligence. Also including that Google takes away the ability to engage in reading a text.
In result making a quick skim of a text more of a habit. In addition, Carr's ideas all surrounded the issue of not being able to concentrate. Also how we evolve mentally to new inventions that have to do with our minds efficiency. I agree with Nicholas Carr's opinion about the adaptation we've made to Google and other changes to researching and literacy. Furthermore, I am impressed of how he doubts himself that he just might be over reacting.

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The Livelihood Of Books: The Effect On Young Readers

         There has been an on and off debate whether children, (particularly in Pres-school and Kindergarten) to use tablets as a reading tool. The article " E-Books vs. Print: what parents need to know" by Jenny Deam explains the experts such as Jim Taylor, Ph.D has concerns that electronic devices disconnect children from the real world. The assumption is if children only using e-books will forget how to handle a traditional book. As in flipping the pages and sharing favorites with friends. Also since the devices are touch screen, it is easy to concentrate on which buttons to press on then focusing on the assessment(Deam, J). E-books are not necessarily too damaging to the young mind. After awhile the child will get tired of he device. It's just a sense of balance of electronic reading and print, according to Kim Floyd a Kindergarten teacher. Floyd has found it beneficial to some of her struggling students. She says it makes them feel less embarrassed and helps them find books interest then and read at their level with privacy. The debate of e-books and print can be resolved through balance of the two. However, besides balance it is very important that the parents and educators interact with the children. I Think what sets people on guard about it is, it is not so much of the technology that is the problem, it is how it is used.

 

Deam, J. (n.d.). E-Books vs. Print: What Parents Should Know. Scholastic Publishes Literacy Resources and Children's Books for Kids of All Ages. Retrieved , from http://www.scholastic.com

What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

I found this video on YouTube, I think it's a little something to think about.
It also has a few things on Nicholas Carr and his Theory!
Enjoy!!!

 Print Media Going Extinct!

I read an article how media print is dead and come to think of it;it is. It's pretty sad that people would rather quickly look on the internet for information than a newspaper.Seems like the concentration isn't the same but, print media seems to stand it's ground and not ready to back down yet against it's biggest competitor " The Internet". I guess it's a good, less tress will be cut down.














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    Self-worth Through The Social Media

 Consider this ladies, what if the way you viewed yourself was because of social media. What if the insecurities you had wasn't because you were bullied as kid for having big ears but, was the fact that the social media said it was weird. This article  "Is Social Media Destroying your Self-Esteem", by the Forbeswomen and constributor J. Maureen Henderson on the Forbes website explains how Pinterest could be one of the causes for low self-esteem. Since women are the larger percentage of users on Pinterest , it enables woman to create an image of their ideal life through collected imagery according to Jezebal a blogger who addresses sexism mainly towards woman. It had been said that Pinterest has been abusing the users' image by the dietary post such as thinspiration or "thinspo". Members would have images, post, and links to dieting and extreme weight loss. which where requested to be banned. Also research ay the University of Buffalo say that women who see their self-worth through their image are most likely going to post more images of themselves online for confirmation and to have larger social networks. (Forbes,2012)



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Henderson, J. M. (2012, August 11). "Is Social Media Destroying Your self-Esteem". Forbes. Retrieved , from http://www.forbes.com