Sharon Borde
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My son started college last week and I am amazed by the level of technology being utilized!  All of his instructors download their classroom notes to an, "on-line Blackboard" so that students can focus in class on the actual lecture, rather than taking notes by hand. What a difference this is from when I went to college in the early '80's. Classroom notes were worth quite a bit of $$$ back then, and those of us who took copious notes made quite a good living by selling them to students who either were absent from class or who had a difficult time keeping up in class. (Just kidding, I always gave my notes away.) <continued>

Current students are also able to email their instructors for, "on-line" tutoring sessions, and they have access to on-line tutorial libraries! Some courses are even taught via video conference in theatre like settings, including individual headsets.  I guess it's been a long time since I've attended college. My son commented the other day that he finally LOVES school and that he thinks he will even go on to pursue a Master's degree after completing his Bachelor's degree because of all the accessibility that technology is providing for him as a student.