Comment Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score 2) 321
What are movies if not advertisements for the entertainment industry? It's ALL advertising, movies included, as McLuhan would say.
What are movies if not advertisements for the entertainment industry? It's ALL advertising, movies included, as McLuhan would say.
Masters of cinematic effects != rocket scientists.
Actually you are 100% wrong.
How can somebody say this and claim to be educated? Is it part of those "conflict resolution skills" you're talking about?
I'm glad you've had success, but there are simply too many people to ask each one nicely. And sure, some might say yes, but some will not. And dragging the whole class to a halt and assuming that the class as a whole will agree on ANYTHING is both an unproductive use of class time and naive.
Afraid of what? Do you think that by "respectfully" asking somebody to stop using their computer they are going to do it? Preposterous. As equals in the classroom we hold exactly no leverage and they have no incentive to comply. People feel entitled to use whatever they see fit, and they will continue to do so unless the school as an organization takes a stand.
My program (not CS) has a no-laptop policy in the classroom. In other classes that are small enough, the prof can walk around the class and check to see what students are doing with their computer. But in large lectures of 40+ people, the amount of things happening on computer screens from the student's perspective is shocking. It is NOT just a "handful of bozos".
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