By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Greg Sandoval: Gizmos do not a Hemingway or a Copernicus make, Associated Press September 12, 2005
So much good stuff out there, and yet readers of the traditional press have to make do with sloppy work like this article, one in which parents are (laughably) advised to "limit a child's Web surfing to three or four sites a day to keep their focus on studying." The main thrust of the article is that there is too much information on the web, and so it - and other 'technology gizmos' - ends up being a distraction. More...