Re: Digital =?iso-8859-1?Q?grazing=8A?= byte by byte
Suzanne Alejandre (salejan@e2.empirenet.com)
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 08:10:22 -0800
Dear Kam,
Since I wrote this,
>>I often wonder if we are becoming frenetic in how we look
>>at information. Actually I thought of it this morning as
>>I was reading the newspaper. I found myself jumping from
>>topic to topic much faster than is my normal style.
>>
>>Is this a way to gain more information? or filter
>>information? so that we can spend time on what is important?
>>or are we just going to become superficial information
>>gatherers?
>>
>>Suzanne Alejandre
I have been thinking more about how I have come to process
information and I love the words you used to describe it!
>Actually, Suzanne, your digital grazing techniques are on an upswing=8A
VERY interesting illusion - makes me think of WIRED :) and the
way they present things.
>Seriously, I would proffer the notion that it is not so much a function of
>speed or randomness, but one of storage capability and on demand recall of
>meaningful content.
I guess my worry of myself (and therefore of my students...) is that
I need to remind myself that I should stop once in awhile and work on
one idea.....or read thoroughly one article...or relate only to one
person....rather than frenetically jumping from topic to topic, person
to person, thought to thought as if I were scanning all possible things.
There is a tendency sometimes (because of the MTV mode of our lives) to
forget to stop and relate (whether it be to an idea, a person, or a task)
and that is what I want to remember! Hmmmmm....kind of sounds like
one of the ideas of the TIMSS report - not jumping from concept to concept
but taking some time and work on something in depth?
Suzanne