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The systems highlight how widespread surveillance has increasingly become a fact of life: Students “should have all the rights, responsibilities and privileges that an adult has. So why do we treat them so differently?” 
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A 2017 study found that cell phones that were turned off and stashed away silently reasserted themselves—distracting working students anyway.
Marcin Golczak 's curator insight,
December 19, 2019 4:34 PM
Badania dowodzą że uczniowie którzy korzystają z telefonów podczas zajęć dużo gorzej przywsajają wierzę od tych skupionych jedynie na nauce
Mauresa Mitchell's curator insight,
February 1, 2020 11:38 AM
Great reminder, that even if you are trying to exclude phones in the classroom, they are thinking about it anyways.
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The WA Government will ban students from using mobile phones, smart watches and tablets in all public schools from 2020 in a major push to reduce distraction and focus on learning.
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Of course, tailored content isn’t the only benefit to texting in the classroom. But ignoring the uses of mass text messaging is ignoring one of the simplest but most effective ways to make education more personalized.
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StudyTXT is back baby! :-)
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People surveyed at US universities who used phones a lot were also more likely to have mental health issues.
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The federal education minister wants to take the state’s initiative nationwide but not everyone’s buying the argument
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The state government's phone ban has divided teachers, students and parents in the public system. Now the attention has turned to private schools.
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Banning mobile phones in school may seem sensible, but research and similar moves elsewhere suggest a blanket ban may introduce some problems.
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M-learning is a useful resource to learn on demand if the student is committed.
Peter Mellow's insight:
Interesting question, in the current VIctorian environment of banning phones in schools!
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What would happen to the dynamic in a school if the students locked away their mobile phones for the day? A lot, it turns out — and it's all positive.
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We observed how and when students were using their digital devices in schools. They often weren't used, and when they were, students were sometimes just distracting themselves from learning.
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The NSW government introduced a ban on phones in primary schools after an independent review.
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Smartphones and other devices have long been maligned as distractions in university classrooms. But when employed strategically, many educators find them useful.
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National Taiwan Normal University's device-agnostic in-class engagement tool was featured as a mobile learning exemplar project in the
Mauresa Mitchell's curator insight,
February 1, 2020 12:33 PM
A great read about the success of a program that not only uses mobile learning that allows builds a community around it.
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Students in all WA public schools will be banned from using mobile phones during school hours from 2020 in a drastic move by the state government.
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The question of whether or not to allow students to use smartphones, laptops and other technology in the classroom has been long-debated, and at times
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Device ownership alone doesn’t make people digitally literate; rather, digital literacy is about how and why they use devices to achieve particular go
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At its heart, the proposed ban robs schools and principals of making decisions and once again devalues the teaching profession.
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Banning mobile phones in schools is straight from the alarmist's book of bandaid solutions. Let's find a better one, writes Dan Hogan.
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How can we teenagers become good digital citizens if we ban phones during school hours?
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Education minister James Merlino announces move aimed at reducing classroom distraction and cyberbullying
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The Victorian government has adopted one of the world's toughest stances on mobile phone use in schools.
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Is this a step forward, or backwards?
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A top London headteacher today said blanket mobile phone bans are “doomed to failure” because children sneak secret phones into school. Stephen Lehec, head of Kingston Grammar School, argued that schools should instead teach children to use their smartphones responsibly. The school, where fees are £18,000 a year and whose former pupils include Olympic rowing gold medallist James Cracknell, allows students and staff to have their phones in lessons as long as they are on silent.
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Our experience tells us that in the vast majority of cases, when it comes to mobile phones there is usually very little learning taking place.
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Did your teachers make an effort to create learning activities that incorporated educational phone use?
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