Oh, give me a break: Law Professor Bans Laptops in Class.
No, not that. This:
Student Cory Winsett says if he must continue without his laptop, he’ll transfer to another school. Winsett says he won’t be able to keep up if he has to rely on hand-written notes, which he says are incomplete and less organized.
Overreact much, kid? I bet the prof was just — rightfully — sick of “tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-click-tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-(instant messenger sound)-tap-tap-tap-tap-tap” etc.
Reminds me of a girl in my abnormal psych class who would bring in a Palm device and Bluetooth keyboard every day at the beginning of class and take notes on it. For such a tiny keyboard, it was a loud bastard. Which made it all the funnier when it (frequently) ran out of batteries and she frantically struggled to get it working again before the prof had said too much.
Yet another reason to buy a Tablet PC! No annoying tapping, just frustrating when your stylus dies on you.
Comment by Mehal — March 29, 2006 @ 12:37 pm
Have you seen Apple’s patent application for touchscreen stuff? Looks like they could take it more mainstream— really good ideas to make it moreuser-friendly.
Comment by Patrick — March 29, 2006 @ 12:39 pm
I agree that laptops are really annoying. It’s not just the tapping but the ability to get off task that makes them bad for the classroom. I once watched two guys in front of me play Super Mario Brothers on their laptop for an entire biology class. I tried so hard to think about photosynthesis, but the jumping marios got the best of me the whole time.
Comment by Parker — March 29, 2006 @ 12:51 pm