{"id":3618,"date":"2010-09-07t06:00:11","date_gmt":"2010-09-07t11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2010-09-10t10:26:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-10t15:26:34","slug":"914-workshop-wireless-in-the-classroom-is-a-ban-on-student-laptop-use-during-class-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2010\/09\/914-workshop-wireless-in-the-classroom-is-a-ban-on-student-laptop-use-during-class-a-good-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/14 workshop: wireless in the classroom: is a ban on student laptop use during class a good idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>time & date: <\/em>4:10 \u2013 5:30 p.m., tuesday, september 14
\nfacilitator:<\/em>derek bruff, assistant director, cft<\/em>
\naudience:<\/em> faculty, graduate and professional students, post-docs, and staff<\/p>\n

panelists:<\/em>
\ncherrie clark, managerial studies<\/em>
\njim lovensheimer, music history and literature<\/em>;
\npearl sims, leadership, policy, & organizations<\/em><\/p>\n

recent stories from the washington post<\/em><\/a> and npr<\/a> describe choices by university instructors to ban the use of laptops by students during class.\u00a0 many instructors note that students often use laptops not for taking notes, but to distract themselves and their peers by checking facebook, shopping for shoes, or even watching videos with the sound turned up.\u00a0 you may have seen the youtube video of a university of oklahoma professor who froze a laptop in liquid nitrogen<\/a>, then smashed it to pieces in order to make this point to his students.\u00a0 on the other hand, other instructors<\/a> ask their students to bring their laptops and other mobile devices to class so that they can use them productively during class.\u00a0 for instance, abilene christian university is in the third year of its acu connected iphone initiative<\/a> in which all undergraduates are provided iphones and faculty are leveraging the devices during class.<\/p>\n

in this conversation on teaching, we\u2019ll explore the pros and cons of wireless internet access in our classrooms.\u00a0 should the responsibility for paying attention during class be placed on students?\u00a0 under what conditions is it appropriate to ban the use of laptops by students during class?\u00a0 what responsibility does an instructor have in engaging students during class so that their laptops aren\u2019t tempting distractions?\u00a0 given that half of our students have internet-enabled smart phones, should instructors be leveraging this resource in the classroom?\u00a0 our panelists will share their diverse perspectives this topic in opening remarks, then we\u2019ll continue exploring these questions through roundtable discussion.<\/p>\n

click here <\/a>to register.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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