Biology professor Jody Hey was lecturing on human evolution one recent day at Temple University. His students vigorously took notes by hand in paper notebooks. There wasn’t a laptop in sight. Nor an ...

(TNS) — Parents texting or calling their kids during class is a major source of frustration for many teachers. But that's not the only way that parents are using technology to insert themselves into ...

While moderate use of computer devices can have academic benefits, especially when they are used at home, intensive use is often correlated with diminishing performance, writes Michael R. Bloomberg.

Laptops in the hands of middle-schoolers. Teachers and students say it has made a big difference in learning at Centennial Campus Middle School in Raleigh. Cary-based SAS, the world's largest ...

"If something on their desk or in their pocket dings, rings or vibrates — they will lose focus." "Students are doing so much in class, distraction and disruption isn't really something I worry about." ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- When middle and high school students in Fort Bend Independent School District go back to class this week, they'll have a laptop computer waiting for them for their academic ...