• Sabre363
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    1911 months ago

    What a stupid and pointless endeavor. First, if the class is not engaging, then students will find a way to be distracted. Regardless of whether they have a phone or not. Second, students will absolutely be clever little shits and smuggle their phones into school.

    • SuiXi3D
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      1311 months ago

      I used to get in trouble for doodling instead of listening to the teacher. So yeah, it won’t matter in the slightest.

  • ppb1701
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    1511 months ago

    @fne8w2ah. When I was a kid, toys, whatnots, etc could be taken by the teacher to be returned when they saw fit or off to the office and whenever the principal decided. I’d assume the same rules would apply to a smartphone.

    • @zaph@lemmy.world
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      1311 months ago

      Parents tend to care significantly less about a $20 toy than a $700+ smartphone.

      • @bjornp_@lemm.ee
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        611 months ago

        Meh leave it home then. That worked fine when I was in school until phones became widespread

        • @zaph@lemmy.world
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          311 months ago

          And that’s the real answer for how to handle phones in schools. Someone else said leave it home but I’m a single parent of a special needs child, he’s taking his phone to school and the school can eat my ass if they don’t like it. Never had a problem.

  • @CaptObvious@lemmy.world
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    711 months ago

    Good educators incorporate tech into their lessons. UNESCO isn’t helping it’s credibility crisis with such positions.