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foundLet me get this straight. Some of us are suggesting students should bring
$2000 laptops to class so we can "beam them" or "wire them" our handouts
instead of generating paper copies? Give me a break.
I hand out printed copies because I believe that is currently
expected/required.
I don't think that anyone is suggesting that eliminating class handouts is
sufficient reason to have students bring computers to class. I have just
that once the computers are there, eliminating handouts is very convenientfor
both the instructor and students. Students repeatedly commented that theysetting, but
preferred electronic delivery.
Printed copies are certainly expected and required in a traditional
needs change with a connected classroom.I did
The case for computers in class is much more compelling when the terribly
artificial distinction between lecture and lab is removed. All of my earlier
comments referred to a course where there was no separate laboratory, for we
just did experiments are called for by the development of the topics. I can
heartily recommend fighting the battle to rejoin lecture and lab sections.
it at a large state university with entrenched separation of the two.Ivan Rouse, Professor and Chair
--JEG