Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Week 8 - Article Disagreements 1
This article is an example of technologies advancing in societies. It states in this journal that ‘growth rates’ of internet advancements are stabilising. Therefore is this resulting in users of the internet advancing at a more stable rate in relation to this? Moreover, this study gives a satisfactory amount of evidence yet is only looking at Singapore and therefore isn’t representative of young people and technology as a whole. As mentioned in the same article, but as a counter point… Even though younger people are supposedly more able with technology they do still look up to elder people for help when they are stuck, i.e. in a teaching environment.
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Do young people really look for help from an elder when stuck? This seems true for younger people, say those below 13 and in a school enviornment as you've said, as at this stage "adults" seem to hold all the answers to all life's problems.
ReplyDeleteBut for me certaintly at 19 if I were stuck with something I'd seek the help of someone my own age who I percieve to have a good knowledge of technology. Maybe I assume all older people to be digital immigrants and therefore useless to me!
When looking at education I think there is still the factor of students looking to elders for help. However, this unit could be an example of your point as we are able to interact with our peers and are given the opportunity in the forum to voice our questions for both peers and tutors to see.
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