Comments on: Professors banning laptops http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/03/professors-banning-laptops/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:13:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Barry Dahl http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/03/professors-banning-laptops/#comment-2893 Barry Dahl Thu, 04 May 2006 13:35:25 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=976#comment-2893 Wes, I love this stuff...in a "isn't it sad what the world is coming to" sort of way. Therefore, I guess I don't love it at all. I was a student in higher ed for 8 years, and now I have worked in higher ed for about 22 years. Early on in my career I often commented that higher ed was an interesting sphere to study because it primarily consisted of a bunch of highly educated people doing incredibly stupid things, over and over and over.... Then about five years ago I became an administrator and I quit saying those things, but the more stories I read like this one tell me that it is now more true than ever. As a collective group, we are our own worst enemies. BD Wes, I love this stuff…in a “isn’t it sad what the world is coming to” sort of way. Therefore, I guess I don’t love it at all. I was a student in higher ed for 8 years, and now I have worked in higher ed for about 22 years. Early on in my career I often commented that higher ed was an interesting sphere to study because it primarily consisted of a bunch of highly educated people doing incredibly stupid things, over and over and over….

Then about five years ago I became an administrator and I quit saying those things, but the more stories I read like this one tell me that it is now more true than ever. As a collective group, we are our own worst enemies. BD

]]> By: Cheryl Oakes http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/03/professors-banning-laptops/#comment-2890 Cheryl Oakes Thu, 04 May 2006 09:56:38 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=976#comment-2890 Wes, your podcast from Dr. Elizabeth Swenson, #42 at Moving at the Speed of Creativity, was very moving and visionary!(I've listened to this 3 times.) She was the one quoted that we( our brains) can "cope" with 500 wpm, people speak at 150 wpm, so why aren't we expecting students to blog and listen and reflect at the same time. I would consider this a way to have active "take aways" from lectures. Also, Darren Kuropatwa has a beautifully simple wiki describing how to be a "hall of fame" scribe. We can do this, we can make our instruction more interactive, engaging and dare I say meaningful. (http://thescribepost.pbwiki.com/LearnAboutScribes) Cheryl Wes, your podcast from Dr. Elizabeth Swenson, #42 at Moving at the Speed of Creativity, was very moving and visionary!(I’ve listened to this 3 times.) She was the one quoted that we( our brains) can “cope” with 500 wpm, people speak at 150 wpm, so why aren’t we expecting students to blog and listen and reflect at the same time. I would consider this a way to have active “take aways” from lectures. Also, Darren Kuropatwa has a beautifully simple wiki describing how to be a “hall of fame” scribe. We can do this, we can make our instruction more interactive, engaging and dare I say meaningful. (http://thescribepost.pbwiki.com/LearnAboutScribes)
Cheryl

]]> By: Linda http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/03/professors-banning-laptops/#comment-2880 Linda Thu, 04 May 2006 05:45:41 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=976#comment-2880 I have reached the point in my life that I can type faster than I can write. I also have better notes when I am done and don't have the effort to "redo" them later. If someone pays for a class and does not want to take advantage of the learning, then that is their problem (as long as they don't bother others, same for the student that skips class). I wouldn't be there long if there was a no laptop policy! Linda I have reached the point in my life that I can type faster than I can write. I also have better notes when I am done and don’t have the effort to “redo” them later.

If someone pays for a class and does not want to take advantage of the learning, then that is their problem (as long as they don’t bother others, same for the student that skips class).

I wouldn’t be there long if there was a no laptop policy!
Linda

]]> By: Ewan McIntosh http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/03/professors-banning-laptops/#comment-2879 Ewan McIntosh Thu, 04 May 2006 05:41:30 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=976#comment-2879 In Bob Sprankle's latest podcsat the statistic was that the brain can cope with 500 words a minute, with a fast speaking human speaking only 150. That means that there are 350 words to be typed during lectures to stretch our minds. Now that STILL leaves room for IM In Bob Sprankle’s latest podcsat the statistic was that the brain can cope with 500 words a minute, with a fast speaking human speaking only 150. That means that there are 350 words to be typed during lectures to stretch our minds. Now that STILL leaves room for IM

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