Well, I think is not such a bad idea to require students to use their laptops at courses.
If one wants to learn one will use his laptop in this sense, for a serious student using a laptop can boost his performance. If one is not interested in learning,one will find other ways to distribute his attention.
What your school should not do is to impose regulations about the operating system and configuration a student laptop should have. A student should have the liberty to run Windows, Linux or Mac on his computer. A diversity of machines will let others to learn about alternatives. They should be encouraged to learn to use as many applications as possible.
Today, the education should not be about quantity, but about creating the mind set for organizing the information. About learning to think with your own mind. In this sense a laptop could be a valuable asset for letting the students access this information.
If one wants to learn one will use his laptop in this sense, for a serious student using a laptop can boost his performance. If one is not interested in learning,one will find other ways to distribute his attention.
What your school should not do is to impose regulations about the operating system and configuration a student laptop should have. A student should have the liberty to run Windows, Linux or Mac on his computer. A diversity of machines will let others to learn about alternatives. They should be encouraged to learn to use as many applications as possible.
Today, the education should not be about quantity, but about creating the mind set for organizing the information. About learning to think with your own mind. In this sense a laptop could be a valuable asset for letting the students access this information.