Comments on: Ritalin, Information, Google and things!

By: Philip

Philip — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:54:46 +0000

Some schools of thought among futurists say that cognitive ability will have less and less to do with memory and more and more to do with our ability to sift relevant information out of huge mounds of information. In addition due to the impossibility of knowing everything and the inability to tell a fact for certain it has already been noted that with the information overload that young people use less definitive language than older people. For example less “i will” “yes” and more “maybe” and “approximately”. This is often viewed as younger people being uncommitted, rather it should be viewed as an aknowledgment of the fact that none of us can or do know everything

By: charles

charles — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:12:12 +0000

Its amazing how our kids pick up technology faster than what we could at their age.The other day my son was playing with his cellphone and took over the functions of my laptop remotely. This without anyone telling him how to do it. I agree with Tracy, our teachers have to admit that the kids could teach them a thing or two.

By: Deanne

Deanne — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:18:21 +0000

Amazing, all too often we take the net for granted, interesting read.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:30:13 +0000

Very interesting article, Johann! I think that the teachers are the ones that need to get with the times on how the human race is evolving, especially our younger generation. So many children are being diagnosed with ADHD, ADD and the list goes on – but as mentioned…technology is beginning to shape the new generation – the way that we communicate, our thought processes and our personalities…great read!