Larry Press wrote:
I just saw the comic and I can tell you that it is very true.
For more along these lines see:
http://cis471.blogspot.com/2008/03/characteristics-of-todays-students.html
I also "audited' a class via podcast from Harvard Law School:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/
where there was a lot of discussion of whether and how students should
be allowed to use Laptops during class.
Do you all encourage or discourage it?
Personally, when I teach, I ask the students with laptops to sit in the
back of the class. That's because when I'm taking classes, there is very
little more irritating than someone sitting in the front, with their
screen visible to the whole classroom, noodling around on the Internet
or playing video games.
The typical student response is "I paid for this class, so I can do what
I like if you're making me attend". Ignoring the implicit assumption
that I should cater to the customer, I can see where they're coming
from; but that doesn't give them the right to annoy and distract the
other students in the class.
Given something like a law school, which I imagine has a pedagogical
bent much more Socratic and discussion-oriented than the average class,
I can imagine that having a large number of students distracted and
unresponsive could really ruin the teacher's flow.
Now, leaving my own personal feelings aside, Canisius College as a whole
doesn't have a policy on this. Every classroom building has wireless
access, and we allow the professors to deal with classroom management
policies.
--Matt
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Canisius College ITS Buffalo, NY
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