Joanne Jacobs
Should teachers ban spiral notebooks?
Should schools ban spiral notebooks? After all, writes Thomas Arnett of the Christensen Institute, students often use them “to scribble...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 21, 20172 min read
Lots of laptops, not much learning
Maine launched its laptops-for-all program 15 years ago, reports Robbie Feinberg on NPR. “Maine became the first, and still only, state...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 20, 20172 min read
Don’t take your laptop to class
Bringing a laptop to class is a mistake, writes Cindi May in Scientific American, citing Michigan State research. Although computer use...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 4, 20171 min read
Laptops in lecture class: Grades go down
Using a laptop to take notes in a college lecture classes is linked to lower grades — especially for weaker students — in two new...
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