More recently, i've been trying to incorporate concepts of memory into my curriculum for students, and also to inform my pedagogy. (progress is a slow process.) I'm interested in the matter of memory. i'm fascinated by the human brain and its ability to stump its own owners. i'm captivated by memory's relationship to time, space, and our sense of reality and identity. my notes are building and I am eager to tease through them. but, another time for that.
On the first day of class, before reading any articles or texts, I talked briefly about technology and social networks and its inevitable impact on memory and the ways in which we think about it. i remember blubbering about how facebook and youtube are changing it in really interesting ways. professor moss, smiling and tilting her head, paused for a moment after my comments. i felt a duh moment coming, but instead she asked, "how?" i admitted i didn't know, but was eager to see how.
Tonight while half watching hulu.com, half planning for the school year, I stumbled across a recent study on the ways the internet is affecting memory and subsequently the way we learn, giving educators groundwork to think of new ways to inform pedagogy.
check er out:
Betsy Sparrow talks about her research, which examines the changing nature of human memory. (3:08)
here's the link to the article on Sparrow's work:
Memory Work in the Age of Google
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