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Re: On-Line Gaming
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Malsed)
Mon Jan 24 15:10:34 2011
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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:10:18 -0500
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From: Mike Malsed <mike.malsed@CLAREMONTMCKENNA.EDU>
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At our labs, we have a published, and fairly prominent, priority system that
puts gaming, general Web, and E-mail at the bottom. . .
We start with Students under direct instructor supervision; students working
on Senior Thesis; students using courseware; students doing
directly-class-related work (but not necessarily courseware); students doing
personal work; E-mail; and lastly games.
I order my computers without speakers (and in the case of Macs, I pop them
open and unplug the speaker - I only get Minis so I can do that) but leave
the headphone jacks enabled so that students can watch videos assigned by
faculty, or just listen to music while they work (heck, I can't work without
it. . . can't in good conscience say no to them when I do it! LOL) Heck,
with Dell, you save about 10 bucks when you order without speakers so. . . :D
Then it comes down to two things: First, it's mostly self-enforcing as
students do a pretty good job yielding games to those doing actual work. .
.and Second, my Lab Technology Assistants will boot people if need be.
Well, three things, 'cause I'm the big bad boogie man come out to kick
people off the computer if they don't yield - and they know I wield a mean
Ban-Hammer. . .
:D
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:46:44 -0500, Adrian Wong <Adrian.Wong@dc-uoit.ca> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I was wondering how does your IT enforce the use of on-line gaming. We're
finding issues with students but it is becoming increasingly difficult to
find space to work, even in the classroom area. Further it has been getting
steadily noisier in recent weeks, as more and more students choose to use
the common space for online gaming.
>
>The gaming is becoming a constant irritant. One that none of the other
students should have to live with. The 'no gaming' notices are routinely
ignored, and not enforced in any way.
>
>Appreciate any feedback and Thanks !
>
>Regards,
>
>Adrian Wong
>
>Manager, Client Services & IT Support
>Information Technology Services
>Durham College & University of Ontario Institute of Technology (U.O.I.T)
>2000 Simcoe St. N.
>Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4
>905.721.2000 x 2082
>e: adrian.wong@dc-uoit.ca
>
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