] Laptops in the classroom -- a reverse of direction

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Anyone care to estimate time to jailbreak the ipad.  djf



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> From: Adam Fields <ip20398470293845 () aquick org>
> Date: March 9, 2010 10:42:59 AM EST
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Laptops in the classroom -- a reverse of direction

> For IP, if you wish:
>
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 10:33:42AM -0500, David Farber wrote:
> [...]
> > The Post carries a story this morning about the trend to ban laptops
> > in the classroom.  Faculty who used to welcome laptops now banning
> > them because multitasking students don't pay full attention to the
> > discussion.  This is a possibility, I audited Julie Cohen's
> > copyright law class at Georgetown back in 2006 and although some
> > students seems to be taking noted intensively, I was struck by the
> > number of students who were using their laptops for other tasks. One
> > young man sitting in front of me spent my of the class writing for
> > his election blog.
> [...]
>
> This seems like a perfect for the iPad and other devices that don't
> "support" user multitasking. It seems a very short stretch to simply
> disable the home button on the iPad until the teacher code is typed
> in, allowing teachers to load up an application relevant to the class
> and not permitting students access to anything else while the class is
> going on.
>
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