http://jeffwhipple.ca/2008/06/16/redefining-smart/ Musings about technology and learning... Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:24:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://jeffwhipple.ca/2008/06/16/redefining-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-1639 Cathy Nelson Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:34:03 +0000 http://edutrails.edublogs.org/?p=221#comment-1639 Thanks and I can't take total credit on the quote--I saw it this morning in my reader here: http://itsthinktank.blogspot.com/2008/06/quote.html Thanks and I can’t take total credit on the quote–I saw it this morning in my reader here:
http://itsthinktank.blogspot.com/2008/06/quote.html

]]> http://jeffwhipple.ca/2008/06/16/redefining-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-1638 Hana Kucera Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:44:08 +0000 http://edutrails.edublogs.org/?p=221#comment-1638 I agree! These new research skills will be critical in the future, no matter what the future will bring (see Dave Riddell's post: http://tinyurl.com/3mungm). I'd also mention that there is still some value, I think, in having a basic, factual background, at least for scientists. As a grad student I find myself doing a mix of looking up things that I know I've forgotten, and drawing on the knowledge that I do remember from my undergraduate days. I agree! These new research skills will be critical in the future, no matter what the future will bring (see Dave Riddell’s post: http://tinyurl.com/3mungm). I’d also mention that there is still some value, I think, in having a basic, factual background, at least for scientists. As a grad student I find myself doing a mix of looking up things that I know I’ve forgotten, and drawing on the knowledge that I do remember from my undergraduate days.

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