Fred Atk>> Sorry to come down on you this hard, but limiting student access to
>> information simply because we think they don't 'need' access to it is
>> a pretty short sighted opinion for an educator to take.
> You're presuming that it's educators who are in favor of blocking
> technology, but I think that's jumping to an unsupported conclusion.
As both an educator and a student, I am, in fact, in favor of "blocking technology". The last thing I need is students distracted by more crap on their laptops while I'm lecturing -- and the last thing I need, as a student, is more distraction. I'm always happy, in either role. when I walk into a classroom, turn on my laptop, and discover that there is no wireless network connectivity in that particular room.
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