Higher-ed Instructor Here. Because, and I am not exaggerating in the slightest, this is the worst idea I have ever seen directly related to my career. This con

Higher-ed Instructor Here. Because, and I am not exaggerating in the slightest, this is the worst idea I have ever seen directly related to my career. This concept is an idea that I am fighting all the time. Teachers and students alike around me sort of blindly "get used to" these notifications flying around you and even begin to expect them even when they don't work. Essentially, they become the equivalent of spam in your email that you ignore, except they're harder to ignore and people still have this wildly misguided faith that they can think for you. As a first measure -- I'd love to remove all "notification" type services from higher-ed; after a bit of a learning curve, as in -- yes, you must visit this website or call this person or read the syllabus to get things done. You develop your own system of remembering things, maybe it's paper, maybe you email yourself, whatever works for you