 |
 |
Although I can not offer a solution, I have a very funny story about computer lab use. About ten years ago, while working at a local community college, I would often get students who used our lab pc's to go to various chat rooms (This was years before facebook). One popular chat room was for Black engineering students. Since many of our students did not have computers at home, and chat rooms were relatively new, many a student spent his/her free time in our lab. (Since it was our down time I didn't mind) I happened to notice two particular students who were seated on opposite sides of the room who both seemed to be extremely interested in their chatting. Ever on the lookout for purveyors of porn, I stopped to chat with each of them to try and find out what they were doing that was so interesting , without looking over their shoulders. The first one told me that as the first in his family to go to college he was always interested in meeting other Engineering students who could mentor him. He was so thrilled to meet a student on-line who was also from the same city and who was taking very similar courses. Through a little more conversation with him and then with the other student, we all discovered that the two of them had been chatting with each other, unbeknownst to either of them!! I invited the two of them to log-off and have a "real" conversation, and the two became best friends throughout the duration of their time in school! Roberta Schotka NADE'08 conference co-chair Head, Peer Tutoring Northeastern University Libraries, 242 SL (617) 373-2150 voice (617) 373-2529 fax [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]