The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
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The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
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Re: The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
#2I don't dispute the facts in the article, but this question kept popping up in my mind: how do they define reading time? I mean, in a too-pedantic sense, smartphone screen time is roughly divided into reading, viewing (photos/videos), and gaming. Given that they are not allowed to take the phones, it seems unlikely that the school knows a student's primary usage mode. For example, a student could be reading a bunch of fiction on their phone, thereby reducing their time in the school's library.
In other words, how holistic is the metric "reading time?"
Re: The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
#3I don't dispute the facts in the article, but this question kept popping up in my mind: how do they define reading time? I mean, in a too-pedantic sense, smartphone screen time is roughly divided into reading, viewing (photos/videos), and gaming. Given that they are not allowed to take the phones, it seems unlikely that the school knows a student's primary usage mode. For example, a student could be reading a bunch o…
> a student could be reading a bunch of fiction on their phone
My kids have dedicated reading time with physical books and, if they want to, they are always free to read more long form text on their devices (not likely -- that's just reality unless you have a dedicated reading-only device).
Re: The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
#4I don't dispute the facts in the article, but this question kept popping up in my mind: how do they define reading time? I mean, in a too-pedantic sense, smartphone screen time is roughly divided into reading, viewing (photos/videos), and gaming. Given that they are not allowed to take the phones, it seems unlikely that the school knows a student's primary usage mode. For example, a student could be reading a bunch o…
I'm a high school teacher. Not for long, but for a few years now.
Never have I ever seen a student reading on their phone. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it must be a vanishingly small fraction that I have not yet encountered. When my students are on their phones, it's games, or it's (primarily video-based) social media. A smaller but notable fraction is background media consumption, either music or movies.
That's not to say I don't have kids who read, though they're much rarer than the music listeners, just that the readers seem to prefer physical books.
So at least in my experience, I wouldn't expect that metric to be vulnerable to this particular flavor of distortion.
Re: The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
#5This is the principal of a school saying his policy works but he has no data to back it up. Seems like not a story.
Re: The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
#6Glad to see phone bans become more popular. Jonathan Haidt had it on his list of suggestions to parents, to avoid the anxiety generation continuing. He had a longer list but the four big ones were:
No smartphones before high school
No social media before 16
No phones in schools
More free, independent play
Re: The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
#7I don't dispute the facts in the article, but this question kept popping up in my mind: how do they define reading time? I mean, in a too-pedantic sense, smartphone screen time is roughly divided into reading, viewing (photos/videos), and gaming. Given that they are not allowed to take the phones, it seems unlikely that the school knows a student's primary usage mode. For example, a student could be reading a bunch o…
> smartphone screen time is roughly divided into reading, viewing (photos/videos), and gaming
My kids are avid readers, but even they won't read on a phone or a pad or a computer. If they got hold of a phone, they'd always choose either games or viewing videos.
Re: The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
#8Glad to see phone bans become more popular. Jonathan Haidt had it on his list of suggestions to parents, to avoid the anxiety generation continuing. He had a longer list but the four big ones were: No smartphones before high school No social media before 16 No phones in schools More free, independent play
All very sensible points. I would add no TV at home till 16
Re: The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
#9Glad to see phone bans become more popular. Jonathan Haidt had it on his list of suggestions to parents, to avoid the anxiety generation continuing. He had a longer list but the four big ones were: No smartphones before high school No social media before 16 No phones in schools More free, independent play
No TV and no video game as well before 16?
Re: The phone ban has had a big impact on school work
#10As essential as smoking ban. I won't be surprised to see this expanded to adult situations