3/2/09

Studying + Computers = ...

I changed my observation location tonight. I'm in the back corner of the union crib and from my vantage point I can see seven people. Six out of those seven people are using computers. (Roughly 86%.) Considering most professors post study tools on web applications such as Blackboard and E-Reserves, it is probably necessary for these students to be using computers; however, it is more than likely that most (if not all) of them have several tabs open on their Internet browser, hosting a multitude of applications. Facebook. Email. Ebay. Pandora. Hulu. I feel like having so many distractions at my fingertips lends my studying habits to the rubbish bin. So my question is... how much studying are these other 6 people getting as oppose to the lone computerless guy who has a textbook, a notebook, and a pen. A computer certainly is much more versatile and given the option, I don't know anyone who would turn down a computer to a legal pad... but he may be on to something. Maybe next time I'll try the old-fashioned route. (After printing off all of my notes off Blackboard.)

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