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mike_c

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6. when I began teaching 30 years ago...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 07:12 PM

Jun 18

...few students had personal computers and smart phones were still a gleam in Dick Tracy's eye. When I first noticed significant numbers of laptops in lecture halls I assumed students used them to follow along and annotate my lecture notes. Then one day I sat in the back where I could see their screens. If it was up to me I'd block cell phone and internet access inside classrooms.

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French students banned from using computers during lectures [View all] highplainsdem Jun 18 OP

I think it would be a positive thing for America - our education system has walkingman Jun 18 #1

Blue Books will be making a huge comeback. Basso8vb Jun 18 #2

Those were the test books where I went to school. riversedge Jun 18 #5

Right? Note taking is a lost skill!!!! FirstLight Jun 18 #3

agree about the notes mike_c Jun 18 #8

I remember before personal computers, some students would use portable typewriters in lectures LiberalArkie Jun 18 #4

LOL, I never saw that in college or grad school. maxsolomon Jun 19 #9

Wasn't that many, mainly those that had lousy handwriting but were greased lightning on the little typewriters. LiberalArkie Jun 19 #11

when I began teaching 30 years ago... mike_c Jun 18 #6

Cornell note taking was the only way I got through school berniesandersmittens Jun 18 #7

Notetaking on a tablet or laptop is perfectly fine. maxsolomon Jun 19 #10