Laptops will be banned in some U of T law classrooms. Here’s why

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/u-of-ts-law-school-wants-to-have-laptop-free-classrooms-where-students-handwrite-notes

TECHNOLOGY IS HERE TO STAY…

YOU’LL HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT IN CLASSES NOW…

AND DARE I SAY…

ONCE AI HAS A FOOTHOLD EVERYWHERE…

IT’LL DICTATE TERMS

USING TECH AND LAPTOPS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN HAVING MOVED FROM STONE AN CLAY TABLETS TO PAPER AND PEN…

SOME FLOURISH, SOME FLOUNDER

IN ANY EVENT… LAW STUDENTS WILL BE THE ONES BEST SUITED TO SORT OUT ALL TECH ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD…

THEY HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AND KNOW WHAT AND HOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD SHAPES EVENTS IN ORDER TO BEST DELIVER ON ALL THINGS LAW AND ORDER

FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM…

BUT CERTAINLY… CHEATING IS ZERO TOLERANCE GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL

OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAS BEEN LOST THROUGHOUT HISTORY IN LEARNING IS…

WAY BEFORE WRITING AND DOCUMENTING…

STORY TELLING

ORAL TRANSMISSION OF EXPERIENCES, TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS…

OF

HEROS & MONSTERS

HISTORY IS ALWAYS THE BEST TEACHER…

ALTHOUGH… METHODS VARY FROM CULTURE TO CULTUR

MAY I SUGGEST…

HYBRID METHODS

CRITICAL THINKING SESSIONS…

PAPER BASED… THEN TRANSCRIBE TO DIGITAL…

OTHER SESSIONS…

PAPER PUSHING…

ALL DIGITAL NOTE TAKING…

DON’T NEED A PH.D. TO PUSH A TON OF PAPER FROM DESK TO DESK

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