Side 2, Free Debater

I was a free debater for the "student's responsibility" side who jumped in and made comments. Here are some of the points I made:

Students need to help themselves, through organizing student-for-student type workshops or seminars that teach us how to use our technology effectively, how to multitask, and how to time manage so that we do not find ourselves wasting our time with our technology rather than utilizing it properly.

I also took a more utopian standpoint on technology, saying that I felt all the necessary tools for student success exist right now, it is simply the perogative of the student to rely on himself or herself, rather than the professor, university, or government (public school systems) to help us, because we can't afford to rely on others in this day and age when it comes to our education.

I added that at times it may even be adventageous to consciously not use our technology if we think we will waste our time on it rather than use it properly. For example, in big lectures I choose not to take my laptop and use a more traditional notebook. Yes, a waste of paper, I know, but it saves me from spacing out by working on other things, checking e-mail or facebook, etc.

That's pretty much the gist of my argument.