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Saturday, October 15, 2005

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Track Of Totally
Predictable Developments


Like this one, as described in a recent Wall Street Journal (subscription) article, The Laptop Backlash; Wireless Classrooms Promote Messaging and Web Surfing, Not Learning, Professors Say :


Bringing laptops and wireless Internet access into classrooms was supposed to enrich classroom discussions by, for example, allowing students to import information from the Internet and share it with the rest of the class. But instead some students are using their laptops to message friends, shop online, peruse Web sites and pursue part-time jobs. The result: There is a rising backlash against classroom computer use from professors and schools.



Via Joanne Jacobs , who got it from TaxProf Blog .
Posted at: 10/15/2005 05:40:00 PM