http://www.switched.com/2008/12/05/is-learning-by-heart-pointless-for-the-google-generation/ Switched Comments for Is "Learning by Heart" Pointless for the Google Generation? http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/05/is-learning-by-heart-pointless-for-the-google-generation/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/05/is-learning-by-heart-pointless-for-the-google-generation/ we had the 'internet' when i was in school ; it was called a set of 'encyclopedias' . my parents bought me a set of 'world books' in junior high and i later bought a used set of britannicas for high school and college . maybe the info wasn't instantaneous and 100% up to date and at one's fingertips , but i learned by doing instead of having things done for me .
the spell checker and word processor would have been priceless back in the 60's/70's however !]]>Dec 5th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/05/is-learning-by-heart-pointless-for-the-google-generation/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/05/is-learning-by-heart-pointless-for-the-google-generation/Why should I memorize what I could simply look up?

And that was many years ago.]]>Dec 5th 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/05/is-learning-by-heart-pointless-for-the-google-generation/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/05/is-learning-by-heart-pointless-for-the-google-generation/Dec 5th 2008 4:21PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/05/is-learning-by-heart-pointless-for-the-google-generation/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/05/is-learning-by-heart-pointless-for-the-google-generation/
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Internet thinking is not less thinking, it's _different_ thinking]]>Dec 6th 2008 3:33PM