All-For-One or One-For-All
¶ 1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 I found that these articles that we read for today were interesting. Though we had two different sides to the story, I don’t know if I can fully partake and agree with one individual. In my opinion, fighting over academics over social media is a bit… childish and immature.
¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 I do agree with the anonymous individual about social media becoming the distraction to education. I often finding myself searching Tumblr or texting back a friend when I get bored of the content I am learning, therefore, not putting in my full-attention to the speaker and what they have to present on.
¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 2 On the other hand, I also agree with Gannon and his idea that social media can not only help change our educational system and values, but also help us evolve technologically. I do find that bringing it to social media is a bit childish but I also see the relevance in the idea that you can learn something educationally from the online fight that we read about.
¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 1 I think that this form of online education is an advancement to the evolving way in which we interpret and learn new things. We, as humans, are always searching for something new. We are trying to advance as much as possible. This is the learning process in which we must learn and grow from.
¶ 5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 Talking earlier, I think this is also a reflection on the spectrum that we talked about in class. I think that there will always be traditional scholars that will always support the form of how we studied in the past, but I also believe that on another part of the spectrum, we have those that will contribute to academia through the internet like Tumblr or Twitter.
¶ 6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 3 This brings up the point that education has such a wide range of forms in which we can learn. In result, it can help better an individual as they can take up ways in which they learn best from. All-in-all, I think that these arguments are pointless and childish as I can see the perspective from both parts. I don’t think that either of them are wrong, I just believe that each and every single one of these variables must be took in consideration before making the judgement. We are a society that continues to grow each and every single day and education is a part of that, whether it is traditional or technical or somewhere in between, that is up to each individual to decide.
Are you referring to what he mentions about #seriousacademic and #Ilooklikeaprofessor? I’d agree that social media is a good place to foster discussion of those topics. I actually enjoy his sense of levity and willingness to discuss such things in the public sphere instead of or in addition to the usual spheres of conversation on the physical campus.
Like Nick, I’m a little confused as to what you mean when you say that “bringing it to social media is a bit childish”– what’s the “it” here? And why does that “it” strike you as childish? Are you talking about the idea of discussing certain scholarly topics within the venue of social media? Or something else?