Interesting article from the Times Higher using ideas from Turkle’s Alone Together to explore whether we are coming to a cross-roads in our use of technology (especially wired laptops) in the classroom:
“We’re very vulnerable. I don’t like to use the word ‘addicted’ because ‘addicted’ makes it seem that you have to get off it. You’re not going to get off the internet or your (mobile) phone. These are the technologies of our lives.
“But what professors are learning to say is: ‘You know what? In this class we’re here to be with each other. We’re here to be a community. Let’s make the most of it.’”
Turkle says that the movement to reduce or halt online access during lectures is gathering “tremendous” momentum.
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