FOXBORO - This week, a sound commonly heard in college classes will have a place in Foxboro High School: The gentle clicking of laptop keyboards as students take notes. For the first time, FHS ...

According to one estimate, about 65% of college students bring a laptop to class (Fried, 2008). Unlike a traditional notebook and pen, computers can be a lot of fun--they have ESPN, Facebook, email, ...

The professors have caught on. “We all know what everyone is doing,” said Cinema Studies professor Timothy Corrigan. They know what students are using their laptops for in class. Like many others, ...

As a culture, we're at an odd crossroads regarding personal computers. For years, educators have been clamoring to put technology in the hands of young students through partnerships with big tech ...

It is a common sight: students packed into a lecture hall with the glow of laptop screens illuminating their faces as the sound of click-clacking keys fills the room. Students pay careful attention to ...

To ban laptops or not to ban laptops: that is the question. In an article in this week’s Chronicle, law-school professors who ban laptops in class say their students are much more engaged in class ...

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Cornell faculty have begun cracking down on extraneous laptop use in class. While opinions on the benefits of laptop use in classrooms vary among faculty members, there has been a growing trend toward ...

I’d like to propose a truce in the perennial battle over laptops in the classroom. Proponents of laptop banning cite studies from the U.S. Military Academy in which professors divided students into ...

When my son was in ninth grade, at a well-regarded DC public school, he spent his days guzzling entertainment. We did not send him to school with a phone—it was too distracting—but the school district ...