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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The semester will shortly begin at universities around the country, and with it the latest chapter of every professor's dilemma about students' use of laptops in class. For those unaware of this issue ...

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, ...

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.

Today, I’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 ...