TBers, I saw this on Metafilter this morning and thought some might be interested. The comments are worth a skim as well. Screens generate distraction - biologically impossible to resist - in a manner akin to second-hand smoke.Allowing laptop use in class is like allowing boombox use in class? - ?it lets each person choose whether to degrade the experience of those around them.<https://medium.com/@cshirky/why-i-just-asked-my-students-to-put-their-laptops-away-7f5f7c50f368> [CITATION PROVIDED]<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512002254?np=y> I've stopped thinking of students as people who simply make choices about whether to pay attention, and started thinking of them as people trying to pay attention but having to compete with various influences, the largest of which is their own propensity towards involuntary and emotional reaction. posted by paleyellowwithorange<http://www.metafilter.com/user/80984> at 3:32 PM - 78 comments<http://www.metafilter.com/143006/Why-I-Just-Asked-My-Students-To-Put-Their-Laptops-Away-> Jim G. 607-436-2701 Director TLTC SUNY Oneonta
