Although this specific article was published in 2008 I believe laptops are still an issue in college classrooms. Some professors prefer their students not to bring them to class. They make it very clear that laptops are not to be opened while they are teaching. I have had professors that have said, “NO LAPTOPS.” I personally do not believe that students should be “busted down” for booting up their laptops in class. At the collegiate level it should be a student’s decision whether they want to pay attention or surf the web during a lecture. College students are paying to be in class and if they want to google around then so be it. They are only hurting themselves by not paying attention and staying engaged. I believe it is a professor’s responsibility to make lectures and classes interesting enough to hold students’ attention. That’s what students are paying for right? A professor’s job is to teach and hopefully present the required material in an interesting enough way. As a college student I would much rather surf the web in some of my classes then listen to my professor talk. Laptops are a great piece of technology that are very personal to people. For some people, laptops hold everything for them, important documents, files, music, pictures, etc. A laptop is a great piece of technology that can be useful in many classrooms. I believe it is a piece of technology that can make learning very personal. I think that teachers should encourage their students to bring their laptops to class so they can open up the lecture being presented onto their own personal screen. This way the lecture is right in front of students and students can be taking notes on the actual lecture slides. It is a lot easier to type then it is to write.
The Blog: Banning Laptops in Class
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