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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And when your kid goes to college???

Yeah not the right answer people, you failed.[/quote]

Turns out that laptops in college have a detrimental effect on learning.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131521001305

In general laptops being used for off-task activities distract everyone who can see the screen.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131520301007

Think that phones are any different? Colleges have been fighting this battle for over a decade now, which is why some professors started declaring screen free spaces ages ago.[/quote]

I teach at a t20. I am floored by how increasingly distracted students are in classes by their devices. Even in small seminars where their behavior is so noticeable. The most recent crop of students this year is the most distracted I have ever seen. I wonder why some of them even bother coming to class sometimes. The small handful of engaged students in lecture really stand out now. Many colleagues are considering a screen ban, including closed laptops, during lecture or seminar. Otherwise your tuition dollars are going down the drain while your kid warms a chair in the lecture hall while his or her mind is elsewhere. It’s also demoralizing to teach to such a crowd.[/quote]

And do we also ban laptops in the workplace? When will it end? People dig their own graves. I like that my kid will be a standout because she is disciplined and has a true love of learning. Maybe some kids just need to take a gap year or not go to college at all.[/quote]

On your own time you’re free to dig your own grave. However during important meetings where people doing other stuff is distracting to the team it’s totally legit to ask everyone to close their laptops and stop their shenanigans. Like I said above I have been teaching for a while but this year is something else. And this is at a school with 7% acceptance rate so presumably these are “good” students. Colleagues at other universities are complaining too.
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