DUH! I don't want to be the phone police. I want to teach. That
is a common theme I have heard from people I know that are teachers and
educators.
A
team led by Wharton professor and psychologist Angela Duckworth is only a few months into yearlong
research on cell phones in public schools, but the preliminary findings are
clear: The stricter the policy, the better.
More
than 20,000 public school educators nationwide have responded to the Phones in Focus survey since it was launched in April
to understand the broad effects of cell phone use on student achievement and
well-being. The key finding so far is that school-wide bans that keep phones
out of the classroom are linked with fewer distractions.
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/do-school-cell-phone-bans-help-students-do-better/
It’s amazing to me that a focus survey is even needed. Where is the common sense that cell phones should not be in the classroom or at least put in a cell phone storage area, or shelf in the classroom while the teacher is instructing. This takes away the argument that some parents have in case of an emergency.
The bigger point here are cell phones being allowed in
the classroom is a direct RESULT of the terrible
policies of allowing Chromebooks and Tablets in the classrooms many years ago (Still going on today).
WHY? Because the idea is valid the but the process of
allowing them to roll out is/was flawed. There needs to be algorithms built in
the Chromebooks and tablets that ONLY allow educational sites pre-determined
by the school districts for teaching purposes only.
Students go to sites that are not restricted that take
their attention away from learning just like the cell phones do today. For privacy reasons
you can’t restrict a person’s cell phone, but you can limit what is allowed on Chromebooks and tablets.
