Only once have I had to come down on a student in class for using a lap top and
that was only because whatever he was looking at was attracting the attention
of those around him. Reading comic books in class, etc., is a time honored
tradition. Laptops just make it more obvious.
But since I
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Subject: [tips] Doonesbury on laptops in the classroom
What your students are really doing behind those laptops in class. :-)
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/uclickcomics/2007/cx_db_uc/db2007
Chris Green
York U.
Toronto, Canada
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Miguel Roig wrote:
In connection with that cartoon, an article that appeared in the NY
Times last Wednesday gives a more disheartening view of students' use of
technology in the classroom:
New Class(room)War: Teacher vs. Technology:
I am an advocate of what can be done educationally with computer
techonolgy. Witness Chris Green's PsychClassics site and This
Week podcasts. But it is clear that many of our students do not
understand how to use some of these technological advances
reasonably. They think they are eating
It seems to me that the question isn't one of the technology used
(except inasmuch as the technology makes content more readily
available), but one of the quality of the content retrieved. Just
because something is inscribed with black ink on white paper doesn't
make it inherently more
Ken Steele wrote:
Most schools offer an academic-success course in the freshman year. One topic
that needs to be covered is how to deal with all of the attention-grabbing
technology.
If they did cover this topic in such a class, what would they say or do? I have
asked this question before
Hi
My solution to the computer lab problem (which is a supplement to regular
lecture classes in my honours stats course) is to have a student TA at the back
of the class while the lab instructor delivers the class. In addition to
reducing outside activities, the extra person is a big help
What your students are really doing behind those laptops in class. :-)
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/uclickcomics/2007/cx_db_uc/db2007
Chris Green
York U.
Toronto, Canada
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