Should the WIFI edu community create a bumper sticker that says: "shutdown the instructor, not the network"
Philippe Hanset On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, John J. Brassil wrote: > Our law faculty specifically requested that we not cover lecture halls when > we installed wireless in that building. We did the best we could, but of > course there is no way to cover all the common area in a building and not > get *some* leakage into adjacent classroom space, so we just did as crappy > as job as possible. ;) > > The "best pratice" would be for the professors to announce that anyone > caught surfing during class will take a letter grade hit for each offense. > > > Seriously, this is a policy issue, not a technology issue. Unless you are > willing & able to toggle RF coverage up & down campus-wide, based on > classroom usage that changes hourly, the only way to handle this question > is having the instructors announce and enforce their policies themselves. > > And don't be surprised if you also see some of this backlash at conferences > and seminars in the near future - way too many people in the audience will > fire up their laptops and stay on *all day* if they have a connection. And > power, can't forget that. > > John > > --On Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:17 AM -0800 Mike Stocke > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Does anyone have faculty who do not want students using wireless to surf > > the Internet and send e-mail > > > > during class and if so what best practices have been created to prevent > > these activities? > > > > Mike Stocke > > > > University of Washington, Bothell > > > > John J. Brassil | Network Engineer, Vanderbilt Data/Video Engineering > voice 615.322.2496 | ICQ 9660375 > > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group > discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
