The use of laptop computers in the classroom is a subject of mixed opinion. Fully equipped with note-taking software, word processors, e-books, Blackboard, Facebook, Twitter, iMessage, Youtube, iTunes ...

Are laptops are an indispensable tool for high schoolers or merely an overpriced paperweight? That's the question that a Washington, D.C. area high school pondered before investing in services to make ...

Laptops are everywhere: at home, in classrooms, even outdoors. But some professors and students don’t willingly accept their constant presence. University junior John Rudi said he needs his laptop in ...

Laptops in the hands of middle-schoolers. Teachers and students say it has made a big difference in learning at Centennial Campus Middle School in Raleigh. Cary-based SAS, the world's largest ...

Laptops are ubiquitous in Brown’s classrooms. Whether in a 100-student lecture or a small seminar, many students spend most of the class staring intently at the screen a few feet in front of them, ...

T oo many of our students are distracted by devices. We all know this. In recent months the profession has been vigorously debating whether to solve that problem by banning any and all electronic ...

The beginning of a new semester ushers in “syllabus week,” a time for professors to outline course expectations. A popular classroom policy I’ve noticed, especially for lectures, is a technology ban.

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The semester will shortly begin at universities around the country, and with it the latest chapter of every professor's dilemma about ...

My principal asked me this question the other day in response to teacher complaints about students burying their heads in laptops during class. We don't, of course. I actively encourage students to ...