Writer's Diet. Laptop policies: Getting beyond 'yes or no' This Blog Linked From Here Links for philosophy teachers Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Laptop policies: Getting beyond 'yes or no' Tomorrow's Prof blog has a nice post summarizing some recent research about student use of laptops (and like devices) in the classroom. Some main findings:More than half of students at least sometimes bring a laptop to class.The number of questions asked in class increases when students can ask questions via their laptops.Most students report that laptops, their own and those of other students, are sometimes a distraction in class.35% of the students report that when they have their laptops available, they spend at least 10 minutes per class period using e-mail and social networking sites.One study in particular addressed the effectiveness of using laptops with a suite of stuff called LectureTools, with which I am not familiar, but is described as Posted by Michael Cholbi at 6:46 PM Email ThisBlogThis!
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