"Today‟s average college grads have spent less than
5,000 hours of their lives reading, but over 10,000 hours playing video games (not to
mention 20,000 hours watching TV).
This quote from the "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants" reading really resonated with me. It almost makes me feel embarrassed because I know that I am guilty of watching tv more than I should and getting online excessively. Television and other devices tend to become a distraction for me; especially in regards to my school work. I often find myself mindlessly scrolling through Facebook when I should really be writing a paper. I do read but definitely not as much as I should. What do you guys think? Are you guilty of neglecting reading and being too into your digital devices?
What does this say about the value we place on technology? When asked the question, would you be able to live without your phone? I am going to assume that most of us( if we answered honestly) would say absolutely not. Our technological devices have become extensions of ourselves and sometime a replacement for socialization. It is kind of sad when you really start to think about it.
Another article I found rather interesting on our reading list this week was the "Write from Wrong" article. I feel that in both high school and especially college plagiarism is a huge issue. And it seems to be more prevalent today as the article states. Some believe students are far too overwhelmed with their school work and plagiarize just to keep up. I'm not so sure. I found a connection in this two articles. I believe the real reasoning for most instances of plagiarism is because students today are far more distracted. They have the entire world at their finger tips, it's literally just a mouse click away. Rather than write our term papers we find ourselves scrolling through social media without even really realizing that were doing it (I am guilty of this!) I know I can't be the only one. I liked how both of these articles bled into one another. Did anyone else make this connection?
This quote from the "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants" reading really resonated with me. It almost makes me feel embarrassed because I know that I am guilty of watching tv more than I should and getting online excessively. Television and other devices tend to become a distraction for me; especially in regards to my school work. I often find myself mindlessly scrolling through Facebook when I should really be writing a paper. I do read but definitely not as much as I should. What do you guys think? Are you guilty of neglecting reading and being too into your digital devices?
What does this say about the value we place on technology? When asked the question, would you be able to live without your phone? I am going to assume that most of us( if we answered honestly) would say absolutely not. Our technological devices have become extensions of ourselves and sometime a replacement for socialization. It is kind of sad when you really start to think about it.
Another article I found rather interesting on our reading list this week was the "Write from Wrong" article. I feel that in both high school and especially college plagiarism is a huge issue. And it seems to be more prevalent today as the article states. Some believe students are far too overwhelmed with their school work and plagiarize just to keep up. I'm not so sure. I found a connection in this two articles. I believe the real reasoning for most instances of plagiarism is because students today are far more distracted. They have the entire world at their finger tips, it's literally just a mouse click away. Rather than write our term papers we find ourselves scrolling through social media without even really realizing that were doing it (I am guilty of this!) I know I can't be the only one. I liked how both of these articles bled into one another. Did anyone else make this connection?
Katie, great post! It is important to remember through that 'getting online' can definitely be classified as reading. Reading facebook posts and scanning the daily news all takes reading ability! I think we as a culture limit what we call reading, and we forget that we read a LOT!
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