The power of summer reading. Is the Internet harmful or helpful to kids' academic success? Nicholas Carr's book The Shallows, in which he argues that the Internet is creating a generation of "short-term attention span" kids and culture. Of course, his arguement has been challenged. It probably will be debated for years to come, as more people use the Internet and for longer periods of time. Is this the same debate that surrounded the introduction of the book 500 years ago?
Two different mediums, 2 different types of learning and eventually, two different types of environments/cultures.
Follow it up with this interesting piece: Computers at Home: Educational Hope vs. Teenage Reality. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/11digi.html?_r=1
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