As Keith said this, I at that very moment in time had a page of half written Hebrew verb paradigms on the desk next to my computer. If I were to stop memorising Hebrew and put down my pen, with a swipe of my fingers I could navigate away from my lecture notes and had at my fingertips access to iTunes, my Gmail account, my Facebook account, my Google Reader, my Greek vocab program, and my calendar (in different spaces on my MacBook).
I was focusing on way too many things. Keith also gave a quite forceful rebuke about the way we use the internet during lectures as an abuse of the free wi-fi. The room fell silent, the constant hum of typing ceased bar a few people quickly minimising their internet windows (whilst I quickly logged onto Facebook to quote Keith saying "Get off Facebook"). And everyone in that room who owned a computer felt a little bit guilty inside.
Personally I would like to see my idea implemented where on the second projecter screen in our lecture room, at five minute intervals a random computer screen from someone in the class gets flashed onto the projector for five seconds. As well as a good proportion of lecture notes, you'd get a fair dose of Facebook, smh.com, Bejeweled, Robot Unicorn Attack, some weird double tetris game I've seen, and one guy has been known to play Street Fighter.
I've been praying lately of a morning that I would be able to concentrate in class and stay focused, but the temptation is strong and the accessibility of distraction is unhelpful. Apart from logging out of all my accounts so that it's not as easy to just 'quickly check', apart from that the best method I've found yet is having Sarah elbow me in the ribs when she sees me about to wander.
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