Laptops: Friend or Foe

Todd Zakrajsek discusses laptops - friend or foe? - on episode 187 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Laptops weren’t the problem to begin with — attention was the problem. —Todd Zakrajsek Banning the problem doesn’t change the attention to you — it changes it to something else. —Todd Zakrajsek We live in a better system of thinking than dichotomies. —Todd Zakrajsek You can’t ban bacon thoughts. —Todd Zakrajsek Resources Mentioned Paul Blowers on Episode 179 No laptops in the lecture hall, by Seth Godin Dynamic Lecturing: Research-Based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness, by Christine Harrington and‎ Todd Zakrajsek* Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show. Give feedback. As always, I welcome suggestions for future topics or guests. Subscribe. If you have yet to subscribe to the weekly update, you can receive a single email each week with the show notes (including all the links we talk about on the episode), as well as an article on either teaching or productivity.