He Used the Internet - I Used the Encyclopedia

Author(s)

Rebekah McCloud, University of Central Florida

Description

The University of Central Florida (UCF) Forum is a weekly series of opinion columns presented by the UCF News & Information. The columns are the opinions of the writers, who serve on the UCF Forum panel of faculty members, staffers and students for a year. A new column is posted each Wednesday at UCF Today and then broadcast between 7:50 and 8 a.m. Sunday on WUCF-FM (89.9).

Publication Date

4-20-2016

Keywords

Internet; Encyclopedia; Technology; Technology advancement; Social media; Science fiction; Star Trek; Gene Roddenberry; Future

Introduction

I was talking recently with one of my students who will graduate in May. He told me about his first year in college and began his reminiscence with: “Back in the day…”

Subjects

Internet; Technology; Social media; Star Trek fiction

Creator (Linked Data)

McCloud, Rebekah(VIAF); McCloud, Rebekah(LC)

Collection

UCF Forum

Publisher

University of Central Florida

STARS Citation

McCloud, Rebekah (2016). He used the internet - I used the encyclopedia. UCF Today, 2016-04-20. Retrieved from

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