Something to think about on a Monday morning - Is Google (and FaceBook, Twitter and all the rest) making us stupid? Is the Internet changing our brains? How many of us can remember information any more? Or is it just that there is SO much information available that we cannot process it as we used to?
And, are we all becoming trapped in a filter bubble of our own making? Some experts have been warning about this for at least the last 10 years or so, and with all the talk about Fake News, it does seem more topical than ever.
Maybe the real question is - does it really matter? This is the reality that our students live in so can we change it? Do we need to?
When you have some spare time, maybe check out the websites below and see what you think.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/aug/15/internet-brain-neuroscience-debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ofWFx525s TED Talk on Filter Bubbles - Eli Pariser
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