Reflection # 5

What? Computers in classrooms. Here at NU, I've had several teachers request and require that students bring a laptop to class for notes and tutorials. However, if you were here last year, you will remember the huge kerfuffle about how teachers were banning computers from their classrooms. I had classes where you had to ask for specific permission on a daily basis to bring a computer to class as well as classes where computers were just outright not allowed. So what?  The teachers were concerned that the tech was a distraction to students and their peers. Students were accessing Facebook and other social networking sites or online gaming sites. This was a problem, and still is, but is banning computers the solution? Now what? Now there is very little students can do about  this issue. At the college level, I don't think banning  computers is appropriate; I say, let us be stupid and not pay attention to class if we so desire. It's our class, our responsibility. (That being said, I usually hate having my computer in class. I prefer note taking on good, old-fashioned paper). Stay strong NU community, soon the schizophrenia of where and when computers are allowed will subside... or you will graduate. Either way, you will be free.