Re:I Wouldn't Call Her a Luddite (Score 1)

This is rediculous. Why is this topic under "Your Rights Online"? Why is it even an article anyway? This isn't news, it's just a representaiton of the whiny nature of our society. A professor has every right to ban the use of laptops during class. Not their mere pressence, as a student may need to go somewhere or be coming from somewhere with the laptop; but their use can surely be banned. It's an instrument of learning, and the professor can dictate that they won't be used, just as he or she could say: 'no note taking, sit here and discuss.' A course is conducted by the teacher, and if he or she feels that computers do not foster learning in that class's particular setting, so be it. Stop whining for the sake of hearing yourselves.