Intellectual Property Law

Should I forbid my students from surfing/IMing/playing solitaire while I teach?

By Siva Vaidhyanathan

Ian Ayers has some interesting thoughts on the matter.

Last semester one of my students befriended me on Facebook. When I clicked over to her profile, I saw messages posted on her wall describing what another student was doing during my class -- along with some funny commentary on my teaching style and choices. I was amused. So I posted to her wall that I was amused. The student in question was not amused, and he apologized.

Anyway, I have been tempted to ban laptop use entirely. Some of my colleagues have. It goes over among undergrads. But I understand that law students usually rebel.

Any thoughts?

Full post as published by SIVACRACY .NET on May 20, 2008 (boomark / email).