Laptops in the Classroom
A quick
Nexis-Lexis search on “laptops + classroom”, produces many articles published
within the last 6 months,
(Most of
the articles describe disgruntled faculty, but a few report on novel (unclear
how effective) uses of laptops and/or other technology in the classroom.)
From the Chronicle of Higher Ed:
The Fight for Classroom
Attention: Professor vs. Laptop
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i39/39a02701.htm
Using
Technology in Teaching: We Need to
Exercise Healthy Skepticism
Ed Neal,
Director of the Teaching and
June 19,
1998, p. B4.
From the NY Times:
Professors
Vie with Web for Class’s Attention
The following are articles
published in a variety of journals.
Exploring Technology-Mediated Learning from a Pedagogical
Perspective
Oliver
and Herrington
Interactive Learning Environments vol. 11, no. 2, pp111-126
Teaching and
Learning as Multimedia Authoring:
Gregory D. Abowd, et al.
Proceedings of the fourth ACM
international conference on Multimedia,
Wireless Laptops in the Classroom (and the Sesame Street
Syndrome)
D.
Communications of the ACM, September 2006/Vol. 49, No. 9
A.B.
Campbell
CS Dept,
M. Hulme
& M. Locasto
Crossroads the (ACM Student Magazine)
(If you
want to print this document – use the Word
version.
D.
Lowther; et al.
Educational Technology, Research
and Development; 2003;
51, 3; Education Module
pg. 23.
Enhancing Learning with Laptops in
the Classroom
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Volume 2005, Issue 101
B.E.
Weaver & L. B. Nilson
P.
Hyden
M. W.
Ohland & E.A. Stephan
D.G.
Brown
New Technology and the Need to Change the Focus in
Engineering Education
Kip
P. Nygren
Presented at: the 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education
Conference, October 20 – 23,
2004,
A
Strategic Plan for Ubiquitous Laptop Computing
D.G. Brown, et al.
Communications of the ACM, January 1998/Vol. 41, No. 1
Technology in the Freshman Biology Classroom: Breaking
the Dual Learning Curve
M. Windelspecht
The American Biology Teacher, vol
63, no, 2, Feb. 2001