Internet Use Affects Memory, Study Finds

A new study that was posted inteh NY Times states that the use of Internet has affected the brains of its users. It stated that we has human are beginning to rely much heavily on the internet as our memory storage than our brains. I agree with ths study, certain things I just dont log into short-term or long-term memory, I just rely onteh interent to get the answer again; espicially if its something that I have no active prior schema of the topic. I began to think of the use of internet and technology in the classroom. Are studetns reacting to technology and internet itneh classroom becasue its a new way to gain rote memorization. Are students committing the info to memory because it's a new way to committ it to memory instead of reading it from a textbook or writing it. As of lately I have been recaslling a lot of informtion becasue of the way that it si sbeing delivered to me. I tend ot rely on the visuals that I associate with the informtaion instead of the notes that I take while in class. I also tend to look up things on the internet instead of looking th rough notes and tryingt to remember things. Has the use of quick information at our finger tips that the internet offers us start to decrese our ability ot remember importatn information. TO has it mad it easier for us not to remember becaseu we dont really have to rely on our brains? What does this say about our students? Will they not rely on paying attention and being engaged with the information that we deliver since we are incoprotaing technology and internet in the class; they can just easily look up the info instead of internalizing the content!!!!

Chicago Public Schools slow to respond to Technology in the Classroom

I feel that this article is very true. The usage of technology in the classroom is definietly lacking in CPS. I feel that if teachers and CPS as whole adopted more modern ways to deliver content to studetns they would have more students engaed in learning. How can a teachers expect students to be engaged in classrooms when they only use books and frown upon contemporary things that interset their students. The fact that facebook and you tube are blocked from the CPS network decreases the teachers ability to bring in things that interest their students. I applaud the teacher in the article who uses facebook to interact with the students. I do agree that certain things found o these websites should not find places in the classroom, however if innocent usage of you tube is used to increase students' interest and learning I'm all for it. I feel that along with the change in technology schools should evolve as well; If nearby public schools systems are using the technology and receiving positive result, CPS should follow and try to catch up not only with the usage of technology but also with test scores and content attainment.