It's crazy to me that cell phones, and especially smart phones, were ever allowed in the classroom during class.
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Oregon school cell phone ban: 'Engaged students, joyful teachers'
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#13My understanding is that these are already banned in most schools and the practical difference between enforcing this at a state or national basis is basically nonexistent vs simple local enforcement.
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#15I don't think banning is the right solution to this. At some point, I think we are going to have comms devices imbedded in our heads and whatnot.
I think the right approach is finding teaching techniques that still work when every human has all the world's info at their finger tips 24/7.
At some point, an uninterruptible, 24/7 live connection to the rest of the world is inevitable.
I'm not convinced a human teacher is a required part of this.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Surely an electronic wrist watch is fine, and maybe an mp3 player. Also graphing calculators.
Why do you need a music player in school?
"Need" might be strong, but I am okay with music players. My ADHD self is able to focus many times better if I have certain kinds of music playing to block out nearly talking and other distracting sounds.
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#18It's crazy to me that cell phones, and especially smart phones, were ever allowed in the classroom during class.
They are not allowed in any school I've been to, especially during class.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Surely an electronic wrist watch is fine, and maybe an mp3 player. Also graphing calculators.
Why do you need a music player in school?
I mostly just listened during homeroom and lunch period. But once I was sent to in-schoool-suspension in high school in the early 2000s for listening to my mp3 player (Diamond Rio PMP300) after I finished taking the yearly standardized tests the state used to judge schools.
Re: Oregon school cell phone ban: 'Engaged students, joyful teachers'
#20This has absolutely been the standard in every school around where I live for years. Anecdotally, however, I wouldn't go so far and say it lead to "engaged students" and "joyful teachers" :)