The UN agency said that even being close to a smartphone has been linked with students being distracted in the classroom, which in turn causes poorer student performances.
Ignoring the capabilities kids have by denying them lessons on technology could be a bit detrimental to their potential imo. There’s a middle ground that I offered in a response below
Teaching a kid there is a time and place to use their devices is educational. Confiscating personal property to limit access is just creating problems.
Also, who is paying for the $2000 smart phone that got cracked/lost/stolen while confiscated?
As I said in a comment above, good luck not getting sued by the parents during a school shooting / emergency and their kid cannot contact them.
I say collect everyone’s phones at the beginning of class. Students are here to study, teachers are here to teach.
Put that crap away and pull out a pencil, damn it.
Ignoring the capabilities kids have by denying them lessons on technology could be a bit detrimental to their potential imo. There’s a middle ground that I offered in a response below
Teaching a kid there is a time and place to use their devices is educational. Confiscating personal property to limit access is just creating problems.
Also, who is paying for the $2000 smart phone that got cracked/lost/stolen while confiscated?
As I said in a comment above, good luck not getting sued by the parents during a school shooting / emergency and their kid cannot contact them.