Comments on: Bad News: More Colleges Banning Laptops

By: Nameless

Nameless — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:47:03 +0000

If that means that I can't take my Tablet PC into class, then I want nothing to do with them. OneNote is so much better than pen and paper for me that I'm not going back.

Then again, it's probably not going to effect the university I'm planning on attending since they're heavily tech-centric, hence why I'm attending in the first place.

By: Corinne

Corinne — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:18:38 +0000

My initial reaction was, “what?!” but it only took a second thinking back to my college days why they would do this.

They might find more people sleeping or texting in class now, though.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:04:00 +0000

As a student right now, I am kind of torn on this. I type fast enough to keep up with the instructor, but I tend to use paper for notes and my laptop to look in more detail, the topic of the day. I find myself searching for more information. Especially, in social studies type classes.
Since the majority of my classes post additional information online, I am typically looking at that as well.
In my IT classes, its essential if I don't want to have to redo my work.
However, there are times that I will miss things because I get distracted by all the shiny things on the internet. I have to really force myself not to have Twitter open, and looking around at my fellow students, I see a lot of facebook as well.