This wiki will be a resource for our discussion regarding the student use of laptops in classes. There are faculty successfully using laptops in their classes. There are also faculty who have banned the use of laptops in their classes for legitimate reasons. To make informed decisions, it helps to look at situations from both perspectives and discuss these with colleagues.

This wiki currently has four pages, as one can see from the menu to the left. On this home page, we are providing background articles regarding laptop use in classes.

Miracle or Menace: Teaching and Learning with Laptop Computers in the Classroom
Educause Quarterly - A study of integrating laptops into classroom instruction found statistically significant improvements in student learning