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Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture halls

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 93, Clicks: 13) View Story

A generation ago, academia embraced the laptop as the most welcome classroom innovation since the ballpoint pen. But during the past decade, it has evolved into a powerful distraction.

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#1 by nitajo posted ago

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Professors have banned laptops from their classrooms at George Washington University, American University, the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia, among many others. Last month, a physics professor at the University of Oklahoma poured liquid nitrogen onto a laptop and then shattered it on the floor, a warning to the digitally distracted. A student -- of course -- managed to capture the staged theatrics on video and drew a million hits on YouTube.

Professor Makes Example of Laptop with Liquid Nitrogen -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ya1dUA5-GM

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