A Typical Classroom

Two seats in front of you and one column to your right, someone has a laptop open. While listening to the speaker, you also notice that the person with the laptop has missed an obvious move in Free Cell, is planning a dinner date, and is using a program to take notes that you have never seen before. Halfway through absentmindedly reading his shopping list, you realize you haven’t paid attention to the speaker for a full ten minutes. Angrily, you conclude that technology is unnecessary and counterproductive. Unfortunately for you, your church leaders are encouraging you to use new technology to further the work of God. Forced to rethink your opinion, you acknowledge that technology itself isn’t evil. Just the person who was sitting two seats in front of you and one column to your right. Okay, maybe not him either. The real problem with embracing technology is that the decision impacts more than just you. You don’t want to be the person two seats in front and one seat to the right who is driving everyone else in the room crazy.