Good thing this isn't Sparta...I would have been tossed aside with all the other babies who couldn't type as fast as they write. What about students who learn through writing/re-writing lecture notes? Screw it, go green or go home!
Its like dtrack was molded in my image (except with with more hair, less intelligence and less ridculously-goodlookingness)
I would say 90 percent of the students at DMU bring their laptops. I am not one of them. I find them to be a huge distraction for me personally, but I sit in the back and see everyones screens, and I would venture to guess that 90 percent have their screens on the lecture. I think they are incredibly inefficent to take notes on during lecture. I personally feel you should sit back, take everything in and pay attention, then go home, watch them again and then take notes. That being said, having school issued laptops is incredibly usefull.
First, I am somewhat unorganized, and having the my schedule done for me and put into outlook is great.
B, like the previous poster said, if there are any problems, ITS takes care of them.
Tres, I like the tablet feature. Most of the teachers have slideshows for each lecture, which I dont really care about. I like their handouts, which are more complete. I put them into OneNote, and then use the highlighting feature and go through the handout multiple times. That being said, I am old-fashioned and a huge proponent of taking the time to take notes yourself from lecture. You combine seeing the material, listening to it and then writing it down (and seeing it again, as well as in your own words). Triple score.
We get 12000 "free" pages per year. I know some people who have used them all up first semester. I have used up 146 pages to date.
Also, I know people on here talk about DMU's laptops, but I also want to point out the Judy drive. It is a giant online collection of material from previous years. Basically students have created their own notes, answered objectives, made study guides, etc... for all the classes. You have years worth of other students resources at your fingertips. Once again, I personally don't use them (nor do I use notepool because I only trust myself to take the proper, relevant notes from lecture) but I know of lots of students who do.
Edit: I used to sit in the back and see everyone's screens. This semester, I have not been to a single lecture. ( I am close to the top of my class). We don't have attendance or quizes for any lectures this semester. I think (purely hearsay) that this may change in the future, since it is disrespectful for 50 out of 300 students to be at any give lecture this semester.
