Joiku - Free Mobile Software. COVERITLIVE.COM - Home. Some professors banning laptops from classes. SEATTLE — A silent college classroom is rare.
The lecturer pauses for a sip of water. Students aren't talking. And no one's cell phone is vibrating, trilling or playing the latest Billboard-chart favorite. Yet, the faint clatter of typing rises from at least one set of fingers — an ever-present sign that today's students would rather come to class with laptops than with a pen and paper.