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Re: wearables in teaching (a WARNING)

I know this thrad is drifting off-topic, but it's something I MUST comment
on...

On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Carol () wrote:
> But will it be okay not to "remember" the birthdays of family members,
> the address of a friend you see every day, or the content of the
> material you're teaching?

Hmm. The most advanced electronic aid I had growing up was a pocket
calculator I got after I started highschool, at the age of 13. It was
another 5 years before I got a computer.
(and for reference I never got to play arcade games, either)

Despite this aparent void of technology for my age group (I'm 26 now), I
managed to learn less than half my times tables, have a hard time
remembering more than a couple of my immediate family's birthdays, have no
idea what the actual street addresses of my friends are, and when at uni
relied heavily on course handouts. It takes me ages when I need to learn
a new PIN number for something.

To be sure, I'm no dimwit. I am very good at grasping and applying
concepts, processes, formulae... I just have very little actual 
memory. And I can't blame this in any way on technology because I am an
'edge case' that suffers exactly the same ills you describe.

I got my first ever PDA last month. It's been a godsend. :)

Please remember that in any analasis you need a CLEAN control group,
untainted by the ills you presume. A few unusual cases in isolation do not
prove a statistic.
(I'm just unusual the other way, perhaps, but it illustrates my point)

-- Jessica Mayo.
(Everything with a Grin :)

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