Keeping technology at bay in the classroom [technology invasion]

A New York Times article cited research that compared the types of issues facing teachers today with those of 50 or 60 years ago. The article concluded that today's teachers have to deal with a much less kinder and gentler group of students than in the past, probably a reflection of the less kind, less gentle society in which we live. For the most part, these types of problems are not yet overwhelming higher education classrooms in the way they seem to at lower levels of public education. But there is a new phenomenon that really is affecting classroom management in higher education, and that is the invasion of technology.