shrugs Again, my example has none of those, and my own classes generally don't either unless class participation is a graded component of the class (some classe

shrugs Again, my example has none of those, and my own classes generally don't either unless class participation is a graded component of the class (some classes are legitimately discussion-oriented classes). I'm not defending bad teaching; I've experienced plenty on both sides of it. But I don't think it's fair to conclude that laptop banning is always coming from a bad motivation. As I said - it's a practice I've seen adopted by some of the best teachers I know, in addition to one that seems like it could be a crutch for some of the worst.