Laptop vs. Learning in Class Nowadays, with significant improvement in technology, computer is used in various fields. Its advantage in productivity and efficiency has greatly enhanced people’s quality of life. Especially in this quick-paced society, computer does bring convenience to us: With emailing, online shopping and electronic book, people are able to communicate, shop and study more efficient than they did in the past. In perspective of many laptop-users, laptops help them a lot in class. They are useful for taking notes and checking necessary information. One of the biggest advantages of bring laptops into class is that the students’ final notes will be neater and more organized than their handwriting. Digital words on laptops are much easier to be recognized than those written on notebooks after the students rushing in class to catch lecture up. If Zhao 2 a lecture is a little bit disorganized, students can organize pieces of the lecture until it makes more sense. In addition, it is also obvious that typing is much faster than writing on paper. Students can simply record every single word said by professors just by clicking a keyboard. Another advantage to use laptops is that students can search and collect useful information via the internet when they are studying in class. Google, Wikipedia, and all other search engines cover almost every question and answer in the world. By checking the internet, a student can easily answer a question posed by a professor while others are still wondering what the professor is talking about. “They are learning to construct learning networks, to use vast stores of online information in context-rich, relevant experience” (Reed). Laptops can be a useful for note taking or looking up facts as part of a class discussion. Nonetheless, they also provide a distraction for students. Besides learning on the internet, there are more opportunities for students to engage other online activities. They surf the Web, shop...