Below is a video editorial made by a kid who just dropped out of undergrad. I don't agree with everything he says, but it is certainly thought provoking.
The video style is as little too edgy for me, and it is long, but if you are in any way involved in education at the k-12, undergrad or graduate level, it is certainly worthy watching. Enjoy!
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Interesting. He has good points with regard to the changing terrain of information like mapping (although I am reminded of our roundabout tour through Seattle via MapQuest to go see Nelson Mandela... that was, however, very near to his "olden days" year of 1999...) and other resources, and I'm all for education not just being facts regurgitation. I think the more important question, however, is: whose information? The Internet is a wonderful resource... but as information distribution becomes ever easier, the quality of that information so often becomes compromised. How does one sort out the wheat from the chaff without an education in critical thinking (which, ideally, universities should encourage, although I realize it doesn't always happen)--and without mentors and guides? I've seen way too many cut-and-paste jobs from Wikipedia and far too many erroneous facts from Dubious Web Resource X to place all my faith in the Internet. That said, he raises some provocative points. Thanks for sharing!
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