With the advent of the information age, we and our pupils are being bombarded by information of all types, for example, info. The analogy of the pot-luck feast is an appropriate one.
Wisdom has more to do with distillation and reduction than volume.
While we may want to search widely, we must harvest sparingly and wisely. Because of the new technology and the massive dissemination of info. , we must change the teaching paradigm once more. The examples sited in the article will help learners to wade through the high-tide of info. and not drown in it. I am concerned even with the above mentioned methods of paring-down the info.glut that we are still going to overwhelm and overload childrens1 minds with too much, too soon. Time and proper direction from educators and parents should lead the ravenous Polar Bear to the either the feast of info.