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New Class(room) War: Teacher vs. Technology

nytimes.com — Halfway through the semester in his market research course at Roanoke College last fall, only moments after announcing a policy of zero tolerance for cellphone use in the classroom, Prof. Ali Nazemi heard a telltale ring. Then he spotted a young man named Neil Noland fumbling with his phone, trying to turn it off before being caught.

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  • JJN2009, on 12/20/2007, -0/+2In the end only the hackers will survive!
  • ZeroFeetAbove, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1Technology is the greatest learning tool of our generation. However, people will abuse it, and efforts to curtail that abuse will fail. The only solution to this problem is to instill a desire to learn. If we want to learn, we won't waste our time screwing around on our cellphones when we should be learning.

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