Robert G. Brown's take on "A Vision of Students Today"

I just recently viewed a video done by Michael Wesch in which a group of students are being surveyed regarding the use of today’s technologies in response to how its either helping them or hindering them in their pursuit of gaining a higher education at a college level. From the various responses one could conclude that we are experiencing a problem with being able to integrate this use of technology into the learning process without loosing our social awareness of who we are and where are we going. Some of the contributing problems seemed to be related to class size (quantity over quality), time management indicated by the statement “I complete only 49% of the readings assigned to me, only 26% are relevant to my life.”; and waste reflected by this comment made during the survey “I buy hundred dollar textbooks that I never open.”
If we are to succeed at incorporating these technologies into our learning institutions then we also need to find solutions to the apparent problems that are arising from this collaboration of people and machines. Where there’s a will, there is a way, let’s hope we can do it in time before any further repercussions occur.