Note Sharing in Class is sweet with Bonjour...

[Chacala_Nayarit]

You can bring laptops to class at your HS? But hey, if that's what you want to do.

I get yelled at for my PDA. I still remember last year in Chemistry my teacher getting mad at me for using it to take notes. I had used my Palm ALL year to take notes in MS Word to print out later if needed, but she was mad at me that day (I don't remember why...she was a jerk) and asked me to put it away.

Her: Maggie, put that thing away in class.
Me: Oh, I'm using it to take notes, actually.
Her: That's impossible.
Me: Um...
Her: What if I draw a diagram?
Me: I can draw it into the program...

She spent the rest of the class finding ways to draw eleborate/needlessly complicated charts and diagrams that we "had" to copy down, all the while giving me evil glares. This was also the same teacher who was convinced her 1 year old computer didn't have a USB port.

A science teacher who is not observant? It seems to me she has not caught on to the scientific method. Sad, only in America.

 

[jakochampolska]

There are a ton of kids bringing their powerbooks to school. This one girl in my art class brings it and when the teacher goes out of the class room (which is most of the time) she turns the volume up and plays music. Its actaully really nice because while we are working on our scluptures we listen to music but of course my art teacher is anal about playing music while we work (but if its jazz then its ok haha) and makes her turn it off.
But I know alot of the tv production kids at my school have to bring theirs to work on their viedo projects.
And all my art teachers have macs
and one time a kid brought his laptop to school and he had a sub, so we watched a movie all through class. haha

 

[Aeolius]

I'd like to use Bonjour for a whole-house intercom system. I wonder if anyone has tried that, yet.

 

[whw5]

I also use mine for my video class. Bringing the powerbook to school is dangerous though. It appears I have broken the screen to mine. Thankfully its being covered in my Apple care warranty.

 

[greatdevourer]

It's also very useful for talking to someone intelligent rather than listening to an english teacher (all the kids with Mac laptops at my school are in the bottom set for english )

 

[Leareth]

I can honestly say I have not taken paper and pen notes in University for a year and a half. Most of my classmates use laptops (80%) mix of PC and Mac, though I am the only one who has a PB every other mac user has the iBook, my school gives really sweet deals in september that include 12"iBook, Printer, Scanner, Ipod Shuffle (used to be Mini), carrying case, MS Office and free classes on how to use macs in a $1,000 USD package. So lots of Ibooks not too many PB.
If I miss a class one of my class mates can just email me the lecture notes. plus most profs now post their Powerpoint presentation online too.
I think that there is a requirement that for new graduate students that they have to have a laptop.

 

[Counterfit]

I'd like to use Bonjour for a whole-house intercom system. I wonder if anyone has tried that, yet.

Probably not worth the effort. It's really a one-time thing.

 

[Plymouthbreezer]

There are a ton of kids bringing their powerbooks to school. This one girl in my art class brings it and when the teacher goes out of the class room (which is most of the time) she turns the volume up and plays music. Its actaully really nice because while we are working on our scluptures we listen to music but of course my art teacher is anal about playing music while we work (but if its jazz then its ok haha) and makes her turn it off.
But I know alot of the tv production kids at my school have to bring theirs to work on their viedo projects.
And all my art teachers have macs
and one time a kid brought his laptop to school and he had a sub, so we watched a movie all through class. haha

The two art teachers at my school allow iPods/mp3 players in class. It's a nice thought, and it keeps the class quiet.

 

[thedude110]

I bet your art teachers have tenure!

I had a difficult situation in my fourth period class on Friday. A student was listening to his iPod but working quietly (a real feat for this kid). I told him to take his headphones off (mainly because the principal does "learning walks" and if I were caught allowing a student to use headphones during class by the principal, well -- that doesn't bode well for me). He did, and five minutes later he had them back on. And again five minutes later. Finally, after we talked and I gave him a reason not to wear them ("against school policy") he took them off permanently. He didn't act up, but he did become noticeably distracted from his work for the rest of the period.

But there I was, stuck in a situation in which I felt I had to not only enforce a rule I didn't believe in, but a rule that was likely detrimental to the student's learning.

Nothing like assembly line education.

 

[whw5]

Well working in school on my computer was good for one thing. Making my new video blog (see below)! As lifes way of repaying me, my computer screen is now broken. I guess I won't make websites in class anymore. Thankfully I have a 20in monitor.