Mr. Wesch certainly has a great perspective on the amount of time that technology is being used for something other than class assignments, even while in class. Of all the time spent in contact with one another, quite possibly the use of Facebook or some such application would be put to use as a learning tool instead of just a gossip tool. Not having grown up with these new forms of communication makes it different for me to get up to speed, but it's not hard to do.
The use of mass communication would be a great way for students to pair up with other students, even students from around the world, to learn a subject or two or three or ? No more textbooks, now there's a thought. My experience is somewhat different and I don't believe the movie captured my experience, but that is changing quite rapidly. Soon, it seems, there is going to be another big change in the academia world, first the chalkboard and now this.
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You are correct, I think, for your generation. Wesch for the current generation in large state schools.
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