Gadgets rule

A headline is worth a thousand words.

In the battle between the 21st century and the 20th century, sometimes the same article is in both. This was the case in this week's USA Today story about how laptops, wireless connections, email, cell phones and other technology "rule" on college campuses today.

The story is great. Nine Shift happening all the way on college campuses. Especially good news is the advance of wireless buildings/areas on campuses. 

But the headline writer is firmly stuck in the last century, writing the headline "Gadgets rule on college campuses."   

Comments

[Suzanne Kart]

I have an interesting reverse take on the situation. I asked my community college students to write proposals about what kind of senior programs our college should offer (the assignment was to learn about proposal writing, not senior programs). Anyway, one of my freshman students suggested we have email classes for the seniors. Her reason, however, was the interesting part. It wasn't because they could write their grandkids (the usual lifelong learning spin), it was so they could write each other. She assumed seniors also had a hard time reading handwriting. Again, not because they had bad eyes, just because she thought reading handwriting was difficult. I had to chuckle. It's been my experience that the older you are, the better your penmanship. My 88 year old aunt can write beautifully, even with arthritis.