Introduction
Hi everyone, my name is Sam Card. I am currently pursuing my master's degree in Creative Writing with the hopes of pursuing something outside of teaching. I have had a few feats in my time at CSUN, such as being published by Northridge Review and around seven other publications for my poetry. I also co-found The Scarlet Review, which is a literary review run by a club called Sigma Tau Delta. While I've left to further pursue my master's degree, I am very happy of the course it has run, and hope it will continue. Read about that here: https://thescarletreview.com/
Media Technology's Role In Teaching
I believe that relying on media is something that the modern generation should learn NOT to do. My reason for this is that I believe it really limits the individual's ability to critically think. Many people will lack adaptability in the real world, and even though media is becoming more important in the real world, there will always be importance in the tangible realm that is reality.
With the growth of chatbots, many people will have a difficult time connecting with others, and for that reason, especially in education, media should be discouraged.
While there are some pros to media, such as instant access to loads of information, the modern day and age of the internet is focused more on wasting more people's time and entertaining them, then being used as a scholarly resource. The integration of short-form content also seems to have rotted a hole in the minds of many.
The further that we stray away from technology, the longer the humane elements of life will last. Children should be able to learn from experience, rather than fear everything, like media wants them to. Everyone has different lives and backgrounds, and to congeal them all into the online experience denounces them and their existence entirely.
Hi Sam that's really awesome and impressive that you are pursuing your masters degree! More power to you! Would love to hear more about your writing and what kind of work you do.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally I completely agree with you that technology is hindering the next generation on their ability to freely and critically think. Of course though it is a double edge sword because having access to knowledge and information at your fingertips has never been more readily available in society. However counteractively we should not be falling for chatbots or AI like you mentioned. This is the pinnacle of our down fall. Writing should come from our creativity and knowledge we adopt and obtain in the classroom. Applying what we absorb through our studies in our day to day life as students is how we become better learners. If we are just sitting behind a screen behind AI we're only a shell of a student.