March 26, 2006

"Are search engines making students dumber?"

From today’s New York Times comes an editorial about search engines and students’ intellectual abilities over the past several years. Hmmm, is it really that search engines are making students “dumber”? Interesting argument, but I’m not sure I buy it.

At least he refers to Information Literacy as a way to help students improve their searching.

March 26, 2006
Opinion: Searching for Dummies
NYT
By EDWARD TENNER
Are search engines making today's students dumber?

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