I was speaking to a friend the other day and she had just returned from a trip. She was complaining that her GPS battery ran out and she got lost. I asked her if she had a map. She stated that she did but that she had forgotten how to read it.
Ask a middle school student to multiply 15 X 18 and the first question you are likely to hear is "Can I use a calculator?"
Take them to the library and assign a research question and you will hear "Why can't I just Google it?"
My point is this...is technology eroding needed skills or is technology replacing needed skills? I concede that memorizing the counties of Maryland or memorizing state capitals is likely no longer a needed skill, however, technology is now replacing our need to do basic math, to spell and to use proper grammar. Not to mention basic research.
Is this a good thing? Is it a good thing to have basic skills mechanized? I am curious to hear your thoughts.
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