Some professors allow laptops in the classroom, others don’t. Personally, I believe that laptop use should be permitted in almost all classes with rare exceptions. The arguments on either side of the ...

Stand at the back of a crowded lecture hall any given morning, and you’ll get a full picture of the different note taking methods students employ at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Some opt for ...

EdSource · Los Angeles parents fight for and win intensive tutoring for kids hurt by Covid No longer will every student in the Fresno Unified School District have a laptop for use at home. For almost ...

A large body of evidence demonstrates the use of technology in schools is nuanced, with more downsides to technology use than most people expect.

Biology professor Jody Hey was lecturing on human evolution one recent day at Temple University. His students vigorously took notes by hand in paper notebooks. There wasn’t a laptop in sight. Nor an ...

A study reveals that while laptops allow students to record more lecture content, handwriting notes leads to better ...

Technology provides instant accessibility to information, which is why its presence in the classroom is so vital. Smart phones, computers, and tablets are already an omnipresent element of everyday ...

As the first week of the semester has already passed, most classes have reviewed their syllabi and class rules. For some students, those rules have included a ban on laptops that probably comes as a ...

Today, we've asked Daniel Oppenheimer to share his tip of the week. Hi, I’m Danny Oppenheimer. If laptops are banned in your child’s classroom, you may have heard of me. That’s because it was my lab ...