Event Title
Laptops in the Classroom – an Open Forum Discussion
Location
Moakley Auditorium
Start Time
16-1-2009 10:30 AM
End Time
16-1-2009 11:20 AM
Description
Bridgewater State is now in the fifth year of the student laptop requirement for undergraduate students. Although students can be seen using laptops all over campus, we’ve seen only modest incorporation of laptops into classroom activities. Instructors have concerns that students are distracted by web surfing, e-mail, instant messaging, and other technology. Students will sometimes forget to bring laptops to class when required, and others won’t have enough battery power. What strategies are available to overcome these hurdles, and what value can student laptops provide for in-class course work? In addition, how could the laptop program morph in the foreseeable future as mobile devices like iPhones and netbooks become more popular?
Please join Geography professor Dr. Robert Amey, Communications professor Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad, Information Technology Call Center Manager Patricia Jones, and part-time Management and Instructional Technology professor Eric LePage in this open forum discussion about laptop use in the classroom at BSC.
Laptops in the Classroom – an Open Forum Discussion
Moakley Auditorium
Bridgewater State is now in the fifth year of the student laptop requirement for undergraduate students. Although students can be seen using laptops all over campus, we’ve seen only modest incorporation of laptops into classroom activities. Instructors have concerns that students are distracted by web surfing, e-mail, instant messaging, and other technology. Students will sometimes forget to bring laptops to class when required, and others won’t have enough battery power. What strategies are available to overcome these hurdles, and what value can student laptops provide for in-class course work? In addition, how could the laptop program morph in the foreseeable future as mobile devices like iPhones and netbooks become more popular?
Please join Geography professor Dr. Robert Amey, Communications professor Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad, Information Technology Call Center Manager Patricia Jones, and part-time Management and Instructional Technology professor Eric LePage in this open forum discussion about laptop use in the classroom at BSC.