there is an article called his face bookmaking us lonely? one of the questions i posed this if you read teaching a class today would you want your students to use these technologies in class? they said no. even the ones that had the computer sitting in front of them. why? because we're so distracted. we're not paying attention in the field we always have to have something on nine. so we check the status updates and reid old text messages because we cannot focus on one thing at a time and that is not good for us. even though they're the ones who are doing it. >> host: what is your role with electronic devices in class? >> guest: i have made enemies with my colleagues here at american university no computers, no ipad or tablets or mobile phone. students sometimes say but i was not sure how to spell the word some people have their name with double letters and i may not get a right. they could look it up but i don't care. if i get the ear of the publication wrong i said 1963 and it is 64 i will correct it next class but let's have the conversatio