Indiana State Adds ThinkPad Essential School Supplies

It looks like having a laptop is going to be as important as having a pen and paper next year as Indiana State is making notebook computers manditory in fall of 2007.

Indiana State University has selected the Lenovo ThinkPad as its preferred computer for students and faculty as the university moves toward becoming a notebook institution.

Developed by IBM, the ThinkPad is now manufactured and marketed by Lenovo, the world’s third-largest personal computing company after its acquisition of IBM’s personal computer business in 2005.

ISU will become the first public university in the state to require all students to have notebook computers, beginning with incoming freshmen in fall 2007.

While I think this is a great idea for those taking a Computer Science degree or something similar, I don’t know why someone earning something like a History degree would have to have a notebook to make it through school. I do think that laptops are valuable educational tools, and they could allow teachers to give information in a variety of different ways, but will they be used effectively? I am not so sure. I have run into many teachers that still have not gotten with the times, and learned how to create proper slideshow presentations.

I would love to hear what students think of this program, and if they’d be willing to spend another $2000 to go to University?

via TribStar.com

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