Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
One of the more important technology-related decisions you’ll have to make in college is whether to bring and use your laptop to class. Some professors may try to help you make this decision, but most of the time it will be up to you. Like any decision involving technology, there are pros and cons on both sides, and a lot depends on you and how you use the technology—not its presence alone.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
One of the more important technology-related decisions you’ll have to make in college is whether to bring and use your laptop to class. Some professors may try to help you make this decision, but most of the time it will be up to you. Like any decision involving technology, there are pros and cons on both sides, and a lot depends on you and how you use the technology—not its presence alone.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
