U. of Chicago law school blocks Internet access in classrooms

by E Wayne Ross on April 18, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: Hey, You! Pay Attention!

The students sit in class, tapping away at their laptops as the boring old law professor mechanically plods through his lecture. Except one. Instead of hunching over a portable computer or a notebook, he’s playing solitaire with a deck of cards on his desk. The professor halts his droning. “What are you doing?” he demands. The student shrugs. “My laptop is broken,” he says.