Disconnected

Rosie Buckley

Disconnected

            This documentary was about three college students from Carleton University in Northfield, Minnesota. These three students went without using their computer for as long as they could, but their goal was three weeks.  Most assignments, projects, and e-mails are on the computer in college and so they had to figure out different ways to contact professors and peers without the use of their computer.

            I had mixed feeling about the purpose they were trying to accomplish. I feel that it is great to get away from your computer and use it as needed, but since people need their computer for school; I thought it was somewhat unrealistic to take away their computer. The three students said it was annoying not to have their computer around them because they needed it for school.  Students started to get interested in other hobbies because they were bored, since they didn’t have their computer. 

One example of how they got their homework done was they used typewriters for some of their homework. The students made it clear that is was frustrating for them to get their homework done without their computer because all of their homework was online.  A positive example is that students started to have more time to do things that they normally wouldn’t have like taking a walk outside, reading a book, or playing the piano. There were some positive and negative outcomes of this experiment, but it was a learning experience for all the students who participated.

https://apps.carleton.edu/news/news/?story_id=529096