In truth, I don’t know whether a BlackBerry is a curse or not but, if it’s a blessing, it’s wearing a wig and a false beard. Like many educators, I’ve watched heavyhearted as would-be learners enter my sessions peering into PDAs, fingers flying across keypads after a break spent not in mature reflection but in fire-fighting.

I know it will take me at least 20 minutes to drag them back from that distant land – if they have stuck to the deal we initially struck: “Turn your mobiles off during sessions and you’ll have frequent breaks so you can keep the wheels of commerce turning.” Yet ringtones still erupt from pockets and silent phones pirouette across tables.

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