“What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” – Youtube video
“Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” – The Atlantic – July/August 2008 issue
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains – Nicholas Carr
WRITING PROMPT: Revision:
Using the language of Nicholas Carr in The Shallows and your They Say / I Say writing strategies, create a topic-driven, well-developed in which you explain to your reader the significant difference between watching a four minute Youtube clip, reading a ten page magazine article, and reading a book that requires the “patience for long, drawn-out, nuanced arguments” (8).
Using the language of Nicholas Carr in The Shallows and your They Say / I Say writing strategies, create a topic-driven, well-developed in which you explain to your reader the significant difference between watching a four minute Youtube clip, reading a ten page magazine article, and reading a book that requires the “patience for long, drawn-out, nuanced arguments” (8).
just for fun: FREE YOUR MIND: link:
https://youtu.be/yFaflPipmTM
NOTE: After posting on the blog, open up the CANVAS assignment (by the same name) and DO copy and paste the URL address into the CANVAS "WEB URL" text box so that I have record of your submission on Canvas. Thanks.
NOTE: After posting on the blog, open up the CANVAS assignment (by the same name) and DO copy and paste the URL address into the CANVAS "WEB URL" text box so that I have record of your submission on Canvas. Thanks.
Peter Cote
ReplyDeleteProfessor Kirk
English 1003
29 Oct. 2015
Matrix Comparison
The differences between video clips, a ten page article, and a book lies in the fact that videos create multiple distractions just giving a broad description of what the basic idea is while books give a long explanation of the idea while providing evidence. Articles do not have the ability to have “long, drawn-out, nuanced arguments” like books are capable of. Carr explains that readers cannot focus and deeply analyze the argument with a lot of distractions like a video has. If someone has seen something several of times, it is easier to remember than if they have only seen it once. A ten page article cannot capture the complete thoughts of an author like a book can. Books allow an author to make an argument and support it by giving evidence. They also allow the author to drill the idea in the readers’ head unlike a short article or film that only give the basic idea and not the whole argument.
Hunter Hebert
ReplyDeleteProfessor Kirk
English 1003
28 October 2015
The Matrix
With the expansions of technology, the amount of places to find sources of information are exponential. However, though some forms are more convenient, not all sources are created equal. A 4-minute YouTube clip does a very good job at providing the most important information up front and quickly, however, as Carr has proclaimed, this source of information gives our brain no time to form a memory, making the information practically useless. Much like a YouTube clip, a ten page magazine article gives us the most critical information without all the “extra stuff” while still giving more information than video clip. While a magazine article may provide more content that a YouTube clip, the article is still susceptible to distractions from the text by simply flipping one too many pages. The information, though useful, can be lost in the celebrity “Who Wore it Better” section on the next page. There is one source of text that frees itself from distractions and demands complete attention to fully relay information and this source is books. Although books require “patience for long, drawn-out, nuanced arguments” (8), it is here where true information and thought can be formed. When one fully immerses themselves in a book, free of distraction, their brain can begin to fully analyze its thoughts and take in information. Memories can begin to form and the mind can explore to new lengths simply by straying from the trend and distractions of technology and taking the road less traveled, by reading books.
Gabrielle Tallman
ReplyDeleteProfessor Kirk
ENG 1003
28 October 2015
The Matrix
While spending my afternoons laying on my bed, phone in one hand and reading assignment in the other, I find it very difficult to read the magazine article, even when I know it's only a couple more pages until I'm done. That's just the magazine article, too! It's not like it's even all that boring, either. Although, maybe it wouldn't be so hard to accomplish if I weren't trying to download music on my computer at the same time. Reading a book is an even more nausiationg task, especially knowing that it's at least fifteen more pages until the end, filled with engless exaples and side comments from authors like Carr. When I arrive at school after a sleep-deprived night, I find it surprisingly easy to stay attentive during the four minute video, "What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains."
Devante Wrenn
ReplyDeleteProfessor Kirk
English 1003
29 October 2015
Matrix
From Carr’s point of view everything has its limits and what to do and how it works. A four minute YouTube clip in Carr’s ways would be not enough information and us being distracted in some way. The Net was a big thing that Carr talked about in the Shallows. He says it distractions and we use it be lazy. Which in a way we are being lazy watching it four minute clip than actually reading it. The other thing was reading a magazine article. In Carr’s view he would see that as a skimming and getting basic information. Yeah you get the information but not in detail. This would also be an example of skimming or staying above the surface of the water. For a book though Carr believes that it is good to read a book because you can get more detail and the information. This is a major thing we as people don’t do in the world much. This would be an example of going deep in the water and discovering what you don’t see on the surface. All of these are examples of what we do the most in society to the least; staring with the YouTube clip and to the book. I believe that it all depends on who you are and what type of person you are. If you are a good visual learner then you would do good absorbing information from the video. If you do better skimming a passage or book then the article would be your choice. Last but not least if you like to know everything then you would be reading the book. We are the ones who make decisions for ourselves. We decide what to and not to do.
Breanna Roper
ReplyDeleteProfessor Kirk
English 1003
29 October 2015
Matrix
While it is a common belief that watching a four minute YouTube video has the same effect on its audience compared to a ten page magazine article or a long, drawn out novel, there are hidden effects of not manually receiving information. Watching a video is easily more attention-grabbing, it is also just a form of laziness. Society is so accustomed to using the internet and watching videos that reading a physical book has become nearly impossible, as Nicholas Carr might say. We are losing our abilities to comprehend ideas, concentrate, and even focus on written word. A magazine article has shockingly begun to be difficult for potential readers to focus on, which seems very strange considering that is very short in length. While we could receive a significant amount of information from an article compared to a YouTube video, in which we hardly retain information from, performing a close reading of a novel is bound to give audiences the most information. By not reading novels and instead opting for a video, we are not required to think or understand things, we are just directly told. Reading requires people to perceive things in their own way, and deeply think.
Logan Radwanski
ReplyDeleteProfessor Kirk
English 1003
29 October 2015
MATRIX
With a short four minute Youtube video your attention isn't held for very long and it doesn't take that much effort for you to focused on it also to understand what you just watched. But what about when reading a ten page magazine article or a book? Could you honestly sit down now and read either of those without checking your phone every two to five minutes? The distractions of technology has caused us to lose the sense of deep reading we once exercised so easily but now it's a struggle to stay focused for long periods of time without any distractions bothering us. But with the four minute Youtube video it's easy to watch it and comprehend what it was about and everything because it didn't hold our attention for long. As we didn't have to "closely read it" & take the time to process what it was telling us as we have to do with magazine articles and books. As Carr references in his book "The Shallows" we have lost the sense of "sleepy hollow" that is hard for us to obtain today. Watching something compared to reading is easier and doesn't require very much effort from your brain and mind to process and store. Reading needs our full attention or we won't fully understand or remember what we just had read because hasn't that happened to you? You've been reading an article but check your phone constantly to reply to someone or snap them back, drawing your attention away and only giving short periods of straight focus on the reading. Then you don't really remember what you just read and can't really recall much about it as you broke your attention & focus away from it so much. This all leads up to what Carr expresses in his book and his concern to what technology has done to us. But with technology playing such a big role in our daily lives now I believe we need to able to find a balance of how much we use technology and practice/exercise deep reading once again to retain as skill we have lost or gnawed away with technology usage.
Carter Groomes
ReplyDeleteProfesor Kirk
English 1003
29 October 2015
Matrix
The importance in having many different sources is so you can form a strong opinion on the topic you are researching. The different personalities in the classroom will all be satisfied because we had all the types of sources you could want. The Youtube clip captures our attention for a brief time and doesn't require much effort on our part. Reading a ten page article is challenging to some but very easy for an avid reader. Then a book challenges most high school students solely because of who our generation has become. We tend to take breaks,check our phones, or doze off when reading a lengthy book. I believe that research should be done to your own preference because everyone learns differently, and nobody is the same.
Kaylee Young
ReplyDeleteProfessor Kirk
English 1003
29 October 2015
In Class- Writing Prompt
In today’s society, technology is the number one go to thing, due to the fact, it is efficient, reliable, and certainly the fastest way to complete tasks. If a person was given the options of choosing a short YouTube clip, a long magazine article, or a book, to learn information on a topic, the most obvious option chosen would be the short YouTube clip. People have become accustomed to the quick and easy access of the internet to solve all there every day needs. Long magazines or books are just to long for people to read anymore. Carr says, “..deep reading that used to come naturally has become a struggle. (6). Technology has caused people to lose their ability to deep read, initially, meaning that people cannot focus on a text long enough to understand it. In the Shallows, Carr says that the web is, “..encouaging and feeding our hunger for small, rapidly dispensed pieces of information.” Therefore, a YouTube clip allows a person to listen to a shortened message that gets right to the point, whereas, a book or long article, is drawn out, requiring full attention and longer time. However, if you are wanting to do research and really grasp the whole concept and ideas of an idea, you should invest your time in a book. A book covers more information and examples than any short clip or article could ever try to cover.
Anna Newton
ReplyDeleteProfessor Kirk
English 1003
29 October 2015
The Matrix Connection
What teenager wouldn’t want to take a shortcut on schoolwork? Watching a summary clip is more time efficient than spending so much time reading chapters and chapters of a book. Nicholas Carr, a well known author of technology and psychology, states that the Internet and Google is making us stupid. Yes, technology is making tasks easier for us to finish, but he looks at it as it is making us lazier. Technology is made to assist us. With that being said, I think that is why so many students result to online summaries, and videos instead of reading the actual book.