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Daniel's avatar

I find it nuts that this is an argument at all, for Christ sake. I don't think you need reams of academic studies to know that powerful distraction machines are detrimental for learning. Feels very much like an issue where Journalists and Policy Makers can't see the wood for the trees. Just get the kids to put their phones in a box at the front of the classroom! It's not hard

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Every elementary school I’ve been at has pretty successful smartphone bans. What I hear from hs teachers is in today’s actual environment enforcement is really hard and since no one is afraid of the consequences school can give in some cases literally dangerous.

I’m in a war for attention with the God damned Chromebooks and I hate that I’m saying this but technology has been a disaster. I think there’s incredibly cool opportunities to do really interesting projects with technology and I feel like I’ve done a few of them. But it’s mostly just a cost saving measure that’s absolutely a tax on my sanity compared to having a computer lab and enough resources for pen and paper. I’ve done stuff I’m really proud of with computers but it’s a small minority of the time they use them. I’ve had one good online curriculum.

It’s mostly been a trash fire of problems, and I’m the tech saavy teacher who enjoys these things.

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