Drastic changes in the way people do research..Lots of changes.

[Stuart G]

...When I was teaching high school students, I remember in the 70s, 80s and early 90s spending a lot of time teaching the students how to use the ...LIBRARY.. !!!!!!
............(I taught history and how to do research papers) ...........................................
...That included knowing of to use .."Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature." How to look for periodicals in the library. How to use encyclopedias. How to made note cards, and how to write and use footnotes. I told the students that they had to give credit to sources of information, and the person who wrote it. Of course, the date of the periodical, and if it was a magazine, newspaper or book. All the information had to be total and precise. Even the page numbers from the sources needed to be shown in the ...BIBLIOGRAPHY....

...TODAY...one machine does it all..Using just two words or 5 words at most. First you need to know how to work the machine that I am working now at this very moment..Then you need to know how to....COPY AND PASTE...and insert the words that you copied and pasted into.........GOOGLE SEARCH....that is all..The machine does the rest.

...A student will still need to know how to write a sentence, and possibly use the notecards to get the materials together. Knowing how to write a paragraph is still important...but a student does not need to go to the........
LIBRARY ..any more...
..I can sit at this machine, and watch live television shows, or old movies. I can get cooking lessons, or watch a variety of shows that I used to need a TV for....I can even listen to old "records" that I used to collect. I think they were called.....45s....... Is that correct?.....
....These machines have changed everything. Some people hold these machines in their hands, and do not look where they are going when they cross the street, or look where they are going while driving a car. Yes, I could go on and on and on and on....What's the use? Besides, I need to order a pizza using this machine..........
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.....Hope all goes well for you today and every day.....In some ways, times have really changed.....