This is funny in light of the conference I just attended on the weekend. The theme was technology integration in the classroom. During the keynote, the speaker said "I will bet a full year's salary that at least one of you in the audience has either checked
your email or FB during my presentation." A whole bunch of hands went up. Her point, "You do it, and so will your students. So take advantage of the device, and use it as part of your instruction."
Today, I used Poll Everywhere in my FREN101 class. It was lots of fun.
This is good stuff and right on point. I realized the other day that I was wondering what a couple of students were doing with their laptops in class and distracting myself. It isn’t just students, it potentially distracts us as well.
I have to say I am still torn about how to handle this. I am curious how colleagues handle laptops and tablets in class.
Bill