Packin’ a Laptop? 5 Tips to Minimize Your Risk of Self-Sabotage in the Classroom

Packin’ a Laptop? 5 Tips to Minimize Your Risk of Self-Sabotage in the Classroom
Setting up two accounts on your laptop, one for social purposes, and the other for academic work, serves to delineate necessary boundaries. NDAB Creativity/Shutterstock
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If you’re among the growing ranks of people who harbor doubts about the perks of new technologies in the classroom—such as personal laptops—congrats! Depending on the extent to which you dial back your tech use, you’re likely to be rewarded with increased focus, a stronger memory, deeper learning, and higher achievement.

Forget what Big Tech or gearheads might be telling you. The wealth of carefully conducted, independent research on computers in the classroom is a much better guide. Follow the research and you, your child, or your students will reap the rewards (as will your wallet).

Matthew John
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Matthew John is a veteran teacher and writer who is passionate about history, culture, and good literature. He lives in New York.
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