My own experience to "digital wisdom"

      In the article Pensky suggests that digital wisdom emerges from the additional knowledge we gain from the appropriate use of the increasingly sophisticated technologies that enhance our capabilities. He defines wisdom as the ability to find practical, creative, contextually appropriate, and emotionally satisfying solutions to complicated human problems.

        Speaking of my own relationship to “digital wisdom”, it’s a combination of both digital distraction and digital wisdom. As for examples of digital wisdom, several days ago a friend emailed me a request for information on a history question of her history class assignment. I'm not familiar with history either, and didn't know much about information that would be helpful. What I did know, however, was how to quickly get that information. So I logged on to websites that I knew would provide useful information, and then responded with a couple good links, and with additional explanations of several things I thought she might not know. It took me less than 30 minutes to help my distraught friend. What if this happened 10 years ago? Just think about what I would have had to do then. It would probably involve spending several hours in a trip to the university library, copying or duplicating relevant information, and typing it into an email reply or faxing it to my friend. My immediate knowledge base has thus exponentially advanced because of information processing advances.

       On the other hand, just like the students described in the NY times news, I also get distracted a lot by the technologies such as computer and cell phone especially during university times. While living with roommates around the same age and apart from parents’ control, I basically can do what ever I want with my lab-top and all other electronic devices at anytime. The result of losing myself online is low GPA and I have to stay up late to finish essays the day before the essay is due. But the important thing is during this time, I started to learn how to balance my time myself and gain self-control. It is okay for students surfing internet or playing video games, how to manage the time is the crucial problem. As for parents, instead of forbidden your kids from internet or cell phone, try to teach them how to balance the time of studying and playing video games is a better choice.