Laptops, Cellphones and more..
Are we becoming obsessed with technology?, Are you one that cannot spend a moment away from your cellphone or laptop?
Well some students seem to need ready access at all times.
Paul Davidson of USA TODAY posts this report…
The American college campus, long an oasis of scholarship and coming-of-age, is now being transformed by a more palpable force: an armada of laptops, cell phones and perpetual connectivity.
At the University of North Carolina here, where every building and most outdoor common areas offer wireless Internet access, sophomore Dax Varkey lugs his laptop everywhere.
In class, he takes notes on the portable computer, sometimes instant-messaging or e-mailing friends if the professor is less than riveting. In his dorm, he instant-messages his roommate a few feet away. He’s tethered to his cell phone, which he even uses to call a buddy who lives one floor above him, and his iPod, which supplies music for walks between classes.
