{"id":11419,"date":"2008-11-06T02:08:27","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T23:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11419"},"modified":"2008-11-06T02:08:27","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T23:08:27","slug":"on-laptops-in-the-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/06\/on-laptops-in-the-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"On laptops in the classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I came across an interesting opinion by David Cole regarding the use of Internet connected laptops in the classrooms<\/a>, during lectures.<\/p>\n

study found that laptop use was significantly and negatively related to class performance<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While I was reading the article, I kept nodding my head a lot.\u00a0 Yes, if I was back in college and I could have an Internet connected laptop on my desk, I’d be even worse of a student than I was.\u00a0 YouTube, forums, emails, Twitter, and a whole lot of other attention grabbers would not leave much for plain old college education.\u00a0 At least in my case.\u00a0 I know.<\/p>\n

But then, I started thinking if that was true for other people I know.\u00a0 And I couldn’t be so sure anymore.\u00a0 A few guys I know literally can’t stay for too much long wihtout a computer and some sort of Internet connection.\u00a0 It’s like food or oxygen – they just have to have it.\u00a0 And when they have access to a computer, it’s often amazing to see them use it.\u00a0 Lots of interesting, topic related stuff coming up.\u00a0 Fact checking.\u00a0 Exploring the topic deeper and wider.\u00a0 With quotes and all.<\/p>\n

And that got me into this idea of a new generation.\u00a0\u00a0 Younger people, who grew up online.\u00a0 Web is in their blood.\u00a0 A desktop computer as an ugly concept, and an offline computer as a useless box.\u00a0 This kind of people.\u00a0 I don’t think they would be much distracted.\u00a0 In fact, quite the opposite – I think their grades would go up with better Internet connection and laptop-friendlier environment.<\/p>\n

And that’s where I started worrying a little bit about the studies that were mentioned in the article.\u00a0 These studies may be very accurate now.\u00a0 And they are performed by bigger universities and colleges.\u00a0 The results of these studies will take a few years of propagating into smaller colleges and universities.\u00a0 And that’s where the problem will arise.\u00a0 By that time, most new students will of the web native generation, but their alma maters will be choosing to disconnect them and ban their laptops.\u00a0 Even though it probably won’t be too relative by then.<\/p>\n

But then again, isn’t it like this most of the time?\u00a0 I think it is.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I came across an interesting opinion by David Cole regarding the use of Internet connected laptops in the classrooms, during lectures. study found that laptop use was significantly and negatively related to class performance While I was reading the article, I kept nodding my head a lot.\u00a0 Yes, if I was back in college and … Continue reading On laptops in the 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