That is also my experience; I posted this in a sibling thread but it's also relevant here: https://jakeseliger.com/2008/12/28/laptops-students-distraction-hardl

That is also my experience; I posted this in a sibling thread but it's also relevant here: https://jakeseliger.com/2008/12/28/laptops-students-distraction-hardly-a-surprise https://jakeseliger.com/2008/12/28/laptops-students-distract.... It seems apparent to most classroom instructors that most tech is a distraction, not an enhancement. Obviously exceptions should be made for disabilities and there are some uses—spaced-memory repetition software or some computer science classes can use tech effectively. But in most classes it's detrimental rather than helpful.