I went to school in a different century, and the digging tools were far different then I see used by the typical student and classroom of today. (I peeked at some pictures of student classrooms online,)
Where once a library was stacked with research books, periodicals, journals, ... and students would gather great learning experience by having to actually spend hours reading (do they even have card catalogs and use the Dewey Decimal System?), the situation seems quite different.
More often a student, by merely having to read so much of many other topics in search of the single topic of their assignment, the educational value was greatly enhanced. One, by nature of the searching, would reap a background knowledge that proved invaluable as at least having read much on many concepts in their search for that particular to their focused study. To my thinking, students were in fact better generally educated a century ago, then some, today. Where generally skinner, more dexterous, and often more polite because they were in a position of always having to ask and more often beg for someone to type while they continued to research. (That should bring back memories from some of you long ago learners)
However, embracing modern technology has placed building massive personal libraries, in which shelving was always in short supply, to pushing buttons and on screen icons.
Therefore, the topic of this thread.
What would you suggest as the needed software of the beginning college student, and what one needs as a beginning seminary student.
Remember, this is assuming the student has a very basic laptop and virtually no financial support.
What “digging tools” would you recommend be purchased as “must have” as the start of their Biblical pursuits?
On my iPad, I use “Bible Hub” because at my age it is easy, and provides many translations, is this enough? Admittedly, it was far better than what I took to school.
Would that be sufficient, or would you suggest something far more robust such as “Logos?”
Perhaps something in between such as “Olive Tree?”
What would you recommend?
Along this thread, those of you who were “a century ago student,” share some of the values of your own education in comparison to that perceived of today.
Where once a library was stacked with research books, periodicals, journals, ... and students would gather great learning experience by having to actually spend hours reading (do they even have card catalogs and use the Dewey Decimal System?), the situation seems quite different.
More often a student, by merely having to read so much of many other topics in search of the single topic of their assignment, the educational value was greatly enhanced. One, by nature of the searching, would reap a background knowledge that proved invaluable as at least having read much on many concepts in their search for that particular to their focused study. To my thinking, students were in fact better generally educated a century ago, then some, today. Where generally skinner, more dexterous, and often more polite because they were in a position of always having to ask and more often beg for someone to type while they continued to research. (That should bring back memories from some of you long ago learners)
However, embracing modern technology has placed building massive personal libraries, in which shelving was always in short supply, to pushing buttons and on screen icons.
Therefore, the topic of this thread.
What would you suggest as the needed software of the beginning college student, and what one needs as a beginning seminary student.
Remember, this is assuming the student has a very basic laptop and virtually no financial support.
What “digging tools” would you recommend be purchased as “must have” as the start of their Biblical pursuits?
On my iPad, I use “Bible Hub” because at my age it is easy, and provides many translations, is this enough? Admittedly, it was far better than what I took to school.
Would that be sufficient, or would you suggest something far more robust such as “Logos?”
Perhaps something in between such as “Olive Tree?”
What would you recommend?
Along this thread, those of you who were “a century ago student,” share some of the values of your own education in comparison to that perceived of today.