As a culture, we're at an odd crossroads regarding personal computers. For years, educators have been clamoring to put technology in the hands of young students through partnerships with big tech ...

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 ...

"If something on their desk or in their pocket dings, rings or vibrates — they will lose focus." "Students are doing so much in class, distraction and disruption isn't really something I worry about." ...

To ban laptops or not to ban laptops: that is the question. In an article in this week’s Chronicle, law-school professors who ban laptops in class say their students are much more engaged in class ...

(TNS) — Parents texting or calling their kids during class is a major source of frustration for many teachers. But that's not the only way that parents are using technology to insert themselves into ...

Temple University biology professor Jody Hey teaches a class with no laptops or iPhones allowed. Students must take notes by hand. (TNS) — Biology professor Jody Hey was lecturing on human evolution ...

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, ...

Spiral notebooks surely have some coils of life left in them, but Foxboro's eighth graders may soon be allowed to take class notes on their own laptops or tablets. Susan Abrams, principal of the Ahern ...

The new question-of-the-week is: Many teachers will now be teaching for the first time in the physical classroom with students who have laptops every day. What are your suggestions for how teachers ...