‘History never repeats itself but it rhymes,’ said Mark Twain.”
One of the most predominant rhymes occuring right now is the possible turn towards personal learning. I understand it might be low level learning now but with advent of mobile technology and especially the iPad, people are reading and learning more about the world around them.
People used to read to learn about things they didn't experience. For a long time we did this but through portals like major newspapers, news on tv, or our educators. However, our information was only as good as our portals. Unfortunately, these resources were limited and we were at the mercy of their focus.
Now we have large amounts of resources, and with the help of social networks, this information can be managed and focused.
I know it might be optimistic, but I think more people will learn more but I hope what is being learned is not only how "Snookie" from the Jersey Shore makes her "Poof" so high.
(PS --- Sorry for the late post :)!
Mike,
ReplyDeleteYour post made me think about literacy and how most people couldn't read so they had people tell them what was going on. Talk about being at the mercy of the person telling the news!
People have always wanted to know what is going on or what was. Going further back, all ancient cultures have stories, songs, and chants to pass their history (often exaggerated) from generation to generation.
With our high literacy rate and the means to explore vast amounts of information, we can now search for our information and make decisions on what stories, current and from the past, we want to believe.