Comments on: Google is NOT White Bread for the Mind http://www.andrewbenton.com/blog/opinion/google-not-evil/ Designer, Soldier, and Human Being. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:25:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: kre8ive http://www.andrewbenton.com/blog/opinion/google-not-evil/#comment-1604 kre8ive Mon, 12 May 2008 07:19:28 +0000 http://www.andrewbenton.com/blog/opinion/google-not-evil/#comment-1604 First off, I've learned more from Google than I ever learned in school. Google is amazing. You can ask it almost anything and, usually, it will give you a relevant answer. How could that possibly be making us stupid?! I personally dropped out of school in the 12th grade and started getting my education entirely via the Internet. Now, in addition to learning online, I work and teach others online. I couldn't be happier. I make more than most college graduates and probably more than this teacher, so that should tell you something. Second, if I were a college professor I'd probably be scared of Google too. Our education system is evolving and you can either evolve with it or go teach in some third world country where the Internet doesn't exist...yet. The evolution of education is pretty damn exciting if you ask me. MIT is one institute of higher learning that has chosen to evolve. They have created something called MIT OpenCourseWare and with OpenCourseWare it's now possible for anyone with an internet connection to get an MIT education right from the comfort of their own home! Check it out: http://ocw.mit.edu/ Free MIT courses, how cool is that?! Many schools will soon follow suit and start offering their courses online. They will have to if they want to survive in our ever changing society. First off, I’ve learned more from Google than I ever learned in school. Google is amazing. You can ask it almost anything and, usually, it will give you a relevant answer. How could that possibly be making us stupid?!

I personally dropped out of school in the 12th grade and started getting my education entirely via the Internet. Now, in addition to learning online, I work and teach others online. I couldn’t be happier. I make more than most college graduates and probably more than this teacher, so that should tell you something.

Second, if I were a college professor I’d probably be scared of Google too. Our education system is evolving and you can either evolve with it or go teach in some third world country where the Internet doesn’t exist…yet.

The evolution of education is pretty damn exciting if you ask me. MIT is one institute of higher learning that has chosen to evolve. They have created something called MIT OpenCourseWare and with OpenCourseWare it’s now possible for anyone with an internet connection to get an MIT education right from the comfort of their own home!

Check it out: http://ocw.mit.edu/

Free MIT courses, how cool is that?! Many schools will soon follow suit and start offering their courses online. They will have to if they want to survive in our ever changing society.

]]> By: Leon http://www.andrewbenton.com/blog/opinion/google-not-evil/#comment-534 Leon Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:56:11 +0000 http://www.andrewbenton.com/blog/opinion/google-not-evil/#comment-534 I agree. She's probably just pissed 'cause her students are performing too well in her class. You know that kind. The ones that want a high failure rate to prove the value of their course. I agree. She’s probably just pissed ’cause her students are performing too well in her class. You know that kind. The ones that want a high failure rate to prove the value of their course.

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