Comments on: No More Laptops! http://cac.ophony.org/2007/05/04/no-more-laptops/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennifer http://cac.ophony.org/2007/05/04/no-more-laptops/comment-page-1/#comment-23801 Jennifer Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:55:44 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2007/05/04/no-more-laptops/#comment-23801 In addition to the costs, are laptops trully adding value in a classroom. Laptops in huge Baruch classes are a distraction. I sit in the back of MSC 1003, and laptops are not used for note-taking.  I've seen students tracking a sale on eBay, searching for clothes, and catching up on their personal email.  Faculty have started banning them from their classes. In addition to the costs, are laptops trully adding value in a classroom.

Laptops in huge Baruch classes are a distraction. I sit in the back of MSC 1003, and laptops are not used for note-taking.  I've seen students tracking a sale on eBay, searching for clothes, and catching up on their personal email. 

Faculty have started banning them from their classes.

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