tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post116646102571425144..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Technology in teachingundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-1167870919897040312007-01-03T16:35:00.000-08:002007-01-03T16:35:00.000-08:00I do something similar, Professor Zero; my course ...I do something similar, Professor Zero; my course pages should be accessible by everyone, unlike the slow Blackboard/WebCT interfaces. I use those BB/WebCT extensively only for online classes, where the students more or less have to have a decent connection to take the class. <BR/><BR/>I may steal that cell phone idea.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-1167849131520471252007-01-03T10:32:00.000-08:002007-01-03T10:32:00.000-08:00Very interesting.I hear that ADD/ADHD excuse a lot...Very interesting.<BR/><BR/>I hear that ADD/ADHD excuse a lot, but those who use it for multitasking, cannot document their condition, I have found.<BR/><BR/>I refuse to use Blackboard or WebCT, because most students can't get on from wherever they are. I do have class web pages but I serve them from my own research space on the mainframe and I write them in very light code, so they come up reliably even for people on dialup / with slow machines.<BR/><BR/>I'm cool with looking at computers during lectures - actually I audited a class and did this, and it really did help, I could look up the things my colleague (the professor) was talking about as he was talking about them, and it was cool. But he could spy on our screens to make sure we weren't reading other stuff, and he'd get on the cases of people who were. <BR/><BR/>I don't allow laptops in my classrooms, or cell phones, or newspapers. In severe outbreaks of electro-mania, I take them away; they all go to an empty desk for the duration of class. If a cell phone rings, the owner leaves class FOR THE DAY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-1166792821801730862006-12-22T05:07:00.000-08:002006-12-22T05:07:00.000-08:00I haven't heard that ADD/ADHD excuse yet. You'd t...I haven't heard that ADD/ADHD excuse yet. You'd think that they'd have to have more concentration on the task, not less!undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-1166718434222694392006-12-21T08:27:00.000-08:002006-12-21T08:27:00.000-08:00I'm so with you on the multi-tasking issue!I've ha...I'm so with you on the multi-tasking issue!<BR/><BR/>I've had so many students tell me that they're ADD or ADHD and NEED to do two things at once, play sudoku during discussion or whatever. But ask them a question and they're lost.<BR/><BR/>I think you're also right about the FERPA and such. Really, don't professors use the lunchroom to talk about the craziness? We do, all the time.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.com