Law Professor Bans Laptops in Class - VGF

***Ynot Shane*** · 03-29-2006, 07:04 PM

Published: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:21:25 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A University of Memphis law professor has banned laptop computers from her classroom and her students are passing a petition against it....
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***Ynot Shane*** · 03-29-2006, 09:20 PM

While handy, if you can't make due without them, you're in the wrong damn class to begin with.

***CaptHayfever*** · 03-30-2006, 12:09 AM

Hooray for issues where both sides are in the wrong:

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Professor June Entman says her main concern is that students are so busy keyboarding they can't think and analyze what she's telling them.

So instead, they're so busy writing that they can't think and analyze what she's telling them. Unless the lecture pauses once in a while, lady, your students won't actually know what happens in class until afterwards when they READ their notes.

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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.

That's your own problem, buddy; learn how to use a pen and they won't be.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Lurch1982 · 03-30-2006, 02:09 AM

Law Schools across the country are heavily pushing for laptop enabled classrooms. If I were at that school, I would have filed the ethical complaints, spoken to the dean, and put in my transfer papers to a technologically friendly school. Law is a subject that almost requires a computer now, and having Word (or Wordperfect if anyone actually uses it anymore) makes the notes so much easier to deal with. The difference between handwritten notes and typed notes in a law class is phenominal. In an age where every school is at the minimum creating wireless classrooms and encouraging students to buy a laptop upon entry, this professor's decision is not only baffling, but contrary with the stated academic goals of every law school in the country.

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Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Katrinaland, USA Gender: Posts: 9,113 Thanks: 119 Thanked 185 Times in 120 Posts Points: 25,151.94 Bank: 133,548.59 Total Points: 158,700.53 Donate	Law Schools across the country are heavily pushing for laptop enabled classrooms. If I were at that school, I would have filed the ethical complaints, spoken to the dean, and put in my transfer papers to a technologically friendly school. Law is a subject that almost requires a computer now, and having Word (or Wordperfect if anyone actually uses it anymore) makes the notes so much easier to deal with. The difference between handwritten notes and typed notes in a law class is phenominal. In an age where every school is at the minimum creating wireless classrooms and encouraging students to buy a laptop upon entry, this professor's decision is not only baffling, but contrary with the stated academic goals of every law school in the country.