During my freshman year I had a few classes that were located in computer labs such as programming and a business class. In both cases no one would pay any attention to the instructor. AIM, ICQ, news and just surfing were the main culprits. I would recommend pulling the plug when you plan on actually teaching them material and then finding a way to limit there activities on the internet during assignments. I think you will find that most people will tend to do other things during class and not the work at hand. I would have to say keep an English class in a regular classroom, to keep the distractions to a minimum. I would promote the use of these resources as a study aid or way to complete assignments.
My family has had Prodigy for the last 5-6 years and recently as of 2 years ago stopped using the dial up, just keeping it for the e-mail address. They kept sending e-mails to my dad about installing the crap on the CD and when I called to find out what it installed and why he needed it he couldn't get a straight answer from anyone. After about 3 months of the constantly bombarding him with e-mails telling him he had to install it, he did. Apparently the master user of the account has to run this, and any other accounts can just do it via the web based access (The software basically switches your account from old prodigy to the new SBC/Yahoo). After that he immediately uninstalled it and we go on not having any problem getting our mail. Although, I have noticed the amount of SPAM I get from this account went up to 100% right after the merger. (I have not used this address for a year), I haven't even given it out to anyone in a much longer period. They have in your face tactics that are rude and unless you know what you are doing with computers their software hi-jacks your browser. I personally hate going to their web page, I always get socked with ads everywhere. Why should I have to look at adds and not get an opt out when I'm paying full service charges for Prodigy's (SBC/Yahoo) service. I am a paying customer, not some bum using a free yahoo account! On that note, SBC/Yahoo sucks!
~ Luxin
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During my freshman year I had a few classes that were located in computer labs such as programming and a business class. In both cases no one would pay any attention to the instructor. AIM, ICQ, news and just surfing were the main culprits. I would recommend pulling the plug when you plan on actually teaching them material and then finding a way to limit there activities on the internet during assignments. I think you will find that most people will tend to do other things during class and not the work at hand. I would have to say keep an English class in a regular classroom, to keep the distractions to a minimum. I would promote the use of these resources as a study aid or way to complete assignments.
My family has had Prodigy for the last 5-6 years and recently as of 2 years ago stopped using the dial up, just keeping it for the e-mail address. They kept sending e-mails to my dad about installing the crap on the CD and when I called to find out what it installed and why he needed it he couldn't get a straight answer from anyone. After about 3 months of the constantly bombarding him with e-mails telling him he had to install it, he did. Apparently the master user of the account has to run this, and any other accounts can just do it via the web based access (The software basically switches your account from old prodigy to the new SBC/Yahoo). After that he immediately uninstalled it and we go on not having any problem getting our mail. Although, I have noticed the amount of SPAM I get from this account went up to 100% right after the merger. (I have not used this address for a year), I haven't even given it out to anyone in a much longer period. They have in your face tactics that are rude and unless you know what you are doing with computers their software hi-jacks your browser. I personally hate going to their web page, I always get socked with ads everywhere. Why should I have to look at adds and not get an opt out when I'm paying full service charges for Prodigy's (SBC/Yahoo) service. I am a paying customer, not some bum using a free yahoo account! On that note, SBC/Yahoo sucks! ~ Luxin