Disconnected A Month Without Computers

APT Worldwide. (Added Author). Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Added Author). Infobase (Added Author).

Summary: No email, no Facebook, no blogging. No Google for researching term papers, even. From here on out it's pencils, spiral notebooks, typewriters, and good old-fashioned library books. What twenty-something in his or her right mind would partake of such insanity? Answer: three college students who have volunteered to spend 30 days without touching or using a computer. Documenting their "digital detox" with equal parts humor and angst, this film examines the ubiquitous presence of technology in 21st-century society while exploring, in a reassuring way, the natural resourcefulness with which Andrew, Caitlin, and Chel confront their ordeal.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file. + instructional materials (online)
remote
electronic resource (video)
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 04, 2010. Films On Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Formatted Contents Note:	Students Without Computers (2:29) -- Computers: Vocation and Avocation (2:32) -- Online Communication and Intimacy (2:46) -- To Give Up a Computer (1:42) -- Computers: Time Fillers or Time Wasters (2:29) -- Day One Without Computers (2:15) -- Adaptation to Computer-Less World (2:21) -- Typewriters: Unknown Entities (2:33) -- Communication Without Computers (2:12) -- Student Frustrations Without Computers (2:17) -- Positive Side of Computer-less World (3:01) -- Proxy: Is It Cheating? (2:26) -- Typewritten Essay (2:25) -- On Using a Typewriter (3:13) -- Homework and Computers (2:04) -- Computer Fills Time (2:10) -- Is It Cheating to Use a Proxy? (2:50) -- Online Outlet for Emotions (2:10) -- Responsibility for E-Mail Responses (2:10) -- Computer Addiction? (2:21) -- Volume of E-Mail (3:43) -- Computer Bingeing (2:18) -- Questionable Value of E-Mail (2:08) -- E-Mail: Time Waster (1:44) -- Computer Deprivation: Learning Experience (1:22)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films On Demand.
Target Audience Note:	10 & up.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: Films On Demand platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description.