From the source: “A typical Computer Science lecture at Humboldt Universität, Berlin.” My guess is that you can apply this to most Computer Science lectures in most universities all around the world. [Blubber]
Me and a friend used to play Frozen Throne in one of our lectures every week. In a different unit we decided to take a survey of what we could see people doing on their laptops. 1 person watching an episode of Lost (same person every week), 2 using Word to communicate across the classroom with large font by turning their screens, 3 people on MSN, and then me and 3 other people passing a laptop back and forth while playing Worms World Party. Ahh, the good old days.
So there’s a whole section of the lecture theatre where they just play Dota? Shouldn’t they separate the teams Left-Right? Guy at the baby is totally screening.
These days, from what I’ve seen, it’s almost always Facebook. I personally now use a netbook and Torchlight is about all it can run.
Great photo. The growing number of “computers in every classroom” has done much, much more for Bill Gates and his bank account than it has for literacy in the US. In other words, no one is learning better–in fact, literacy in the US is getting worse.
Virus__
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 12:30 PMThose long lectures are the perfect time to get a few levels in on Warcraft, I bet!
Andrew Champ
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 1:02 PMPretty sure this was the main use for computers in any school.
tsengan
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 5:05 PMThis. I blame school for introducing me to the violence of Doom, Duke Nukem and Carmen Sandiego.
Sky Bolt
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 1:10 PMMe and a friend used to play Frozen Throne in one of our lectures every week. In a different unit we decided to take a survey of what we could see people doing on their laptops. 1 person watching an episode of Lost (same person every week), 2 using Word to communicate across the classroom with large font by turning their screens, 3 people on MSN, and then me and 3 other people passing a laptop back and forth while playing Worms World Party. Ahh, the good old days.
DRC
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 3:27 PMSometimes in my lectures, there can be multiple people playing against each other by bluetooth/wifi.
David
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 3:59 PMMan, that guy up back is totally screening the other players.
Steve
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 5:44 PMSo there’s a whole section of the lecture theatre where they just play Dota? Shouldn’t they separate the teams Left-Right? Guy at the baby is totally screening.
These days, from what I’ve seen, it’s almost always Facebook. I personally now use a netbook and Torchlight is about all it can run.
ezcool4141
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 7:52 PMWith the stupid education laptop rollout for year 9 students in NSW public school… you can totally see this during class in high school.
Rudge
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 3:44 AMGreat photo. The growing number of “computers in every classroom” has done much, much more for Bill Gates and his bank account than it has for literacy in the US. In other words, no one is learning better–in fact, literacy in the US is getting worse.