tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846015621297553531.post6986206091231933830..comments2023-07-25T03:31:17.447-05:00Comments on The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness: Google "Complex"MZimmer557http://www.blogger.com/profile/10150141961228518238noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846015621297553531.post-72214082535380023442012-02-22T14:45:22.162-06:002012-02-22T14:45:22.162-06:00Search engines have taken critical thinking skills...Search engines have taken critical thinking skills out of the educational equation. I do use Google images myself a lot for art projects, but I still possess the necessary skills to discover, solve problems, and think independently. Many of my art students want to search Google for an image pertaining to our current project, copy verbatim, and turn in as their own. This is not the majority, but enough of a minority to raise concern. I am now teaching appropriate use policies with Google images in an effort to ratify the problem. Even though students miss use of Google images bothers me, I am truly disturbed by students inability to make better grades in all their classes with these types of resources available.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029287110934220181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846015621297553531.post-81368531251141990902012-02-22T12:32:12.798-06:002012-02-22T12:32:12.798-06:00With the introduction of every new technology ther...With the introduction of every new technology there are concerns about the impact on the current generation of students. Television, calculators, PCs and the Internet have all been viewed with suspicion. Now, tablets, smartphones and search engines are under review. As long as teachers and the educational bureaucracy realize that progress will continue, they have a challenge/opportunity to integrate these new technologies into their curriculum.Mike McMahonhttp://www.mikemcmahon.info/groupnoreply@blogger.com