Please Mr. Postman 7-06

The minds that have been nutured by technology from infant to young adult cannot learn in the classroom where material is presented to them in the teaching style that their current teacher delivers to them. Many professors/teachers teach in a way that they found effective as students. It is true that there are so many $$$ spent on textbooks that arent used, classes that aren't attended, and networks that are used for about 2% research.

I agree with Mike's notion...relevance. Not only how can I make the material relevant to them (wanting to learn the stuff, understand why they have to learn the stuff) but also deliver it in a WAY that is RELEVANT to them. The delivery system does not seem to make sense to todays college co-ed feed-head.

Postman-pg. 62- "to these people, reading was both their connection and their model of the world. The printed page revealed the world, line by line, page by page."-speaking about the differences between colonists and present day- a time that "provides little time for leisure, and a time that provides too much."

Reading was held in high regard during this time, and only a select few were literate. These people were usually the highest members of society. This is because they could communicate with the outside, and they could be kept informed and educated. This was the only peiece of media that exists, therefore the most important. It seems as though the most important forms of media today are the internet and the television. Becoming literate in these advanced froms of media are held in high regard. Those members of society who can produce this media are very "well off" in society, yes?