Comment I pay for my education (Score 1) 804
I pay for my college education. If I squander it surfing Facebook during your lecture, it's my perogative. However, I don't use my laptop for surfing Facebook (or porn) when in class. I use it for taking notes, researching topics as the professor talks about them, and even voice recording the lectures when I care to. Banning a tool because it could be disruptive? Remove paper. Planes, spitwads, and crumpling and ripping noises all cut more into someone's focus than the glow of a front-row laptop.
If that bothers you, just make a laptop section in the back. Problem solved.