rob's blog » doonesbury http://banagale.com I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. -Hunter S. Thompson Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:14:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Doonesbury Comic on In-Class Laptop Use Hits Home http://banagale.com/doonesbury-comic-on-in-class-laptop-use.htm http://banagale.com/doonesbury-comic-on-in-class-laptop-use.htm#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:21:37 +0000 rob http://banagale.com/doonesbury-comic-on-in-class-laptop-use.htm Doonesbury laptop protection style licensed charactersTrudeau really hit home with this comic strip. Every single person in my section at Babson owns a laptop. Nearly everyone brings them to class. Most professors expect a level of multi-tasking, although some only want them open for note-taking.

The situation depicted in the comic actually happened to me earlier in module two. I’ve heard of classes where the majority of students are in a single Skype chat room.

Laptop use among college students has skyrocketed in recent years. I think there is opportunity in offering products that protect and stylize these expensive, common equipment. Here is an idea I recently threw into the bullpen on StudentBusinesses.com.

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