Some professors allow laptops in the classroom, others don’t. Personally, I believe that laptop use should be permitted in almost all classes with rare exceptions. The arguments on either side of the ...

The use of laptop computers in the classroom is a subject of mixed opinion. Fully equipped with note-taking software, word processors, e-books, Blackboard, Facebook, Twitter, iMessage, Youtube, iTunes ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Visit a high school classroom in Washington County, Tennessee and one thing is noticeably missing from students’ desks. Instead of textbooks, students spend the day ...

Laptops are everywhere: at home, in classrooms, even outdoors. But some professors and students don’t willingly accept their constant presence. University junior John Rudi said he needs his laptop in ...

T oo many of our students are distracted by devices. We all know this. In recent months the profession has been vigorously debating whether to solve that problem by banning any and all electronic ...

Laptops are ubiquitous in Brown’s classrooms. Whether in a 100-student lecture or a small seminar, many students spend most of the class staring intently at the screen a few feet in front of them, ...

The beginning of a new semester ushers in “syllabus week,” a time for professors to outline course expectations. A popular classroom policy I’ve noticed, especially for lectures, is a technology ban.

Like a growing number of college students, Michelle Mei brings her laptop to most of her classes at Bentley College, using it instead of a spiral notebook to take notes. Well, sometimes she takes ...

Some Northwestern students slip their computers into bags and backpacks without so much as a second thought, but the laptop — the ever-present symbol of on-the-go college students — and its role in ...

Laptops in the hands of middle-schoolers. Teachers and students say it has made a big difference in learning at Centennial Campus Middle School in Raleigh. Cary-based SAS, the world's largest ...

My principal asked me this question the other day in response to teacher complaints about students burying their heads in laptops during class. We don't, of course. I actively encourage students to ...