AGREE: Technology is making us a less informed citizenry by Lynnelle Larson https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree AVID Bellevue 4A's Workshop en-us 2015-01-06 05:30:24 UTC 2025-12-25 09:25:25 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d262le4z25sx36.cloudfront.net/portraits/brainstorm.jpg Hard to not agree fergusonb https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346242676 Our actions speak louder than our words! The access we have to information so close has enabled us to reach for a device instead of listen...skim instead of dive deep...quickly move from one topic to another without giving the full weight necessary to the topic we just left.

]]> 2019-03-28 16:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346242676 Knowledge is shallow... https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346242744 "Reading just a headline and the first sentences of a story provides little chance for contextualizing
the news or understanding its significance."

I agree that many people don't know the full depth of what is going on/the learning. ]]> 2019-03-28 16:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346242744 making us less informed, less thoughtful and introspective. https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346242808 ... is it preparing them for life?
Just Google it!! 
GPS
I can relate to this article 100% since I have seen the big difference between old learning schools and modern learning schools... 
The lack of interest from students towards anything else around them is enormous since they just have to "google" their interests and get the exact info they need, but they are not reading about the full story/history/event that comes along with what they are searching for... they get the facts and not the why or how... ]]> 2019-03-28 16:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346242808 Agree. https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346242943 Especially liked "Can we teach our children restaurant manners when they are already trained to use video devices to stay quiet."]]> 2019-03-28 16:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346242943 no interpersonal communication...rely on technology to "navigate passageways...in our lives." https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346242956 2019-03-28 16:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346242956 https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346243250 Technology has made getting bits of information so easy
that the big picture is lost.

]]> 2019-03-28 16:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346243250 Attention is waining kingst2 https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346243467 It is difficult to argue against the trend that Americans are reading less well researched pieces (where the reputation of the author is on the line) in favor of small seemingly inconsequential (if shown to be false the reputation of the author is not tarnished for long) pieces (facebook posts, tweets, etc.) that add up to an overall schema built on possibly false premises.]]> 2019-03-28 16:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346243467 https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346243718 "We need critical
thinking to really understand an issue" and reading one-liners doesn't allow for the critical reading to happen. Everyone is an expert (so they think).]]> 2019-03-28 16:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346243718 Few of us have the patience to read a whole article pickeringm1 https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346244329 We need to pick and choose what we read because of the amount of reading material available.]]> 2019-03-28 16:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346244329 Yes, our patience has gone down https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346245788 A tweet doesn't allow us to build our sustained reading muscles. ]]> 2019-03-28 16:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lynnelle_larson/PCagree/wish/346245788