Posted on 11/27/2004 8:57:11 PM PST by SteveH
(this is good to know, as I'm in grad school.)
TS
I recall the hours spent in the library when I was in college..The information available online is so amazing.
Ping. From another Grad student.
Get out . . . while you still can!
Resource ping.
I remember all those research hours too. The information age is amazing!
I looked up "important stuff" and I got a lot
TS
who is proposing the Floyd Amendment to No Child Left Behind ...
... that is, No Child Left Behind -- except Floyd, who really isn't worth the extra expenditures . . .
I believe teaching how to research without a computer may be a useful tool. I did study Middle English when taking a course on Chaucer and my mother studied Latin..
Seriously..The only thing I object to about using computers is plagiarism.
PS: the teachers and their assistants have access to computers,too, students.
Oh, heavens yes! Computers have become essential in research! They're wonderful!!!!
As you said, it's the plagerism.
www.pinkmonkey.com , et al, are not so good.
I used to love to take down my mother's Encyclopedias and read when I was young..I'd start with one thing and end up on another..
I was old before I discovered computers and then spent days just googling and reading..back to childhood!
Now in my late 50's, I remember 25 years ago as a manager in a specialty field based in Seattle, that I would often walk five blocks to the library, then do four hours of research. Fast forward to today, and I can do the equivalent research in three minutes from my desk. I am amazed at the evolution in technology that has brought us this gift. But, on the other hand, the walk to the library, admiring the view of the Puget Sound, "people watching", and just plain moving slower may represent a loss in some way. You younger Freepers will never understand, and that is natural. But the pace of technology, from the dawn of civilization to present, takes something away from each generation of humanity. I hope the end result is in all of our our best interests...because we are trading away something as we move ever faster forward.
I grew up before television was available...I know a lot about tradeoffs!
Also, (from SunkenCiv-- thanks!) Scirus:
http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
...and get caught even faster.
I have been using this. It is wonderful.
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