I stood in front of the darkened classroom, noting that many of the medical students' faces were bathed in the eerie blue glow from laptop screens. My heart sank. When we moved into this wired classroom, I complained to colleagues that students no longer seemed to listen — they were distracted by their laptops. I was told that students need their computers to take notes and I was urged to make my teaching sessions more engaging. "You must try harder." And try I did. But the laptops kept glowing.
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