Apparently, he did not block them for any other reason except to see how the students would react. All computers and wireless systems would block your access, but you could still access it on smart phones.
Actually, this comes as a surprise because the aim of the University is to address Pennsylvania's need for increased technology. While I support the effect of the research, I think the experiment could be done in another way, perhaps using something better to officially ban the networks.
This however was not the first thing I thought of. I always hear of how Facebook is bad for students attention and things along those lines. But, actually, Harrisburg could fully support Facebook and team with the company to implement certain things even further. Facebook certainly has its social components and was started as a site for friends, but it could be so much more. It works as a calendar, group setting, email database, and more.
In this case, I think Harrisburg and other Universities should look at how they could INCREASE the use of Facebook. I definitely think the use of Facebook will help in the professional world as weird as that may sound. I use Facebook for the obvious reasons, upload pictures, keep in touch with my friends, see what is going on around campus, etc. But, I also use it to market my company, set events, and send mass messages regarding certain meetings or information that needs to be explained further. It allows to you to make sort of a personal webpage for an event or organization without paying the domain name fee, and it is a lot faster.
With that being said, I am interested in seeing the results of this study, but I think that the increased use of Facebook could actually be a good thing on college campuses.
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