Gardner Campbell makes a poignant argument for the advancement of the Internet and blogging in education. Campbell argues that each student should have their own personal space on the internet to express their thoughts and learn outside of the traditional textbook schooling. I agree that it is important for students to use the internet to advance their education. However, I think that often blogging and the internet can make the student/teacher relationship unprofessional. What does that mean exactly? Blogging is an informal form of conversation and communication. The careful attention to MLA in standard essay writing is thrown out in exchange for conversational prose. My question is this: what does the loss of a formal education mean? Or, is this how Campbell ties in his points about the “digital facelift”? If an IT revolution is really spurring, then isn’t blogging and the internet the future of our society? Would it make sense to continue the traditional schooling if that schooling doesn’t prepare students for the real world? How will the world ever change if our entire system of education is preventing Campbell’s “digital facelift”? Thus, I believe, I think as Campbell does, that until cyberinfrastructure is embraced the internet cannot be used
The “Digital Facelift” and Traditional Education: Mutually Exclusive.
Posted by Hannah Weeks
January 30, 2012
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