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I taught physics labs 2018-2022 (before, during and after pandemic) and the students always worked on their laptops and I rarely found anyone without a laptop a

I taught physics labs 2018-2022 (before, during and after pandemic) and the students always worked on their laptops and I rarely found anyone without a laptop and have never seen someone "working" on a mobile device (including iPad). It is hard unless you are taking note during a lecture to use these devices (and the 6.5 inch devices is too small for effective note taking) So I seen people using iPads/tablets in note taking and laptops for lab work. But never seen any useful usage of phones myself. Maybe that would be different experience. I myself was graduate student during this time and used iPad for note taking and of course used laptop for everything else including my research. Now it is interesting that I daily drive my work using mini pc with pop os and the experience is very good.

mjevans 2y ago
I find phones from both an OS and general Human Interface Device standpoint to be subpar for any meaningful form of composition. Humans are adaptable and can manage amazing things even with tools barely fit for the job. However that same level of experience and training with a tool fit for the task would surely yield far better results. Mobile computers do have their place, but the pocket form factor is at best a window to better tools that exist elsewhere. For my use cases they are primarily a communicator, occasionally media consumption device (E.G. if I'm on an airplane or something), and sometimes good for a quick reply in various electronic forms.