The UN agency said that even being close to a smartphone has been linked with students being distracted in the classroom, which in turn causes poorer student performances.
  • Sabre363English
    317·
    1 year ago

    What a stupid and pointless endeavor. First, if the class is not engaging, then students will find a way to be distracted. Regardless of whether they have a phone or not. Second, students will absolutely be clever little shits and smuggle their phones into school.

    • SuiXi3D@kbin.social
      152·
      1 year ago

      I used to get in trouble for doodling instead of listening to the teacher. So yeah, it won’t matter in the slightest.

  • DRx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    265·
    1 year ago

    How do you tell you parents goodbye when the next massacre hits though?

  • ppb1701@kbin.social
    15·
    1 year ago

    @fne8w2ah. When I was a kid, toys, whatnots, etc could be taken by the teacher to be returned when they saw fit or off to the office and whenever the principal decided. I’d assume the same rules would apply to a smartphone.

    • zaph@lemmy.worldEnglish
      163·
      1 year ago

      Parents tend to care significantly less about a $20 toy than a $700+ smartphone.

      • bjornp_@lemm.eeEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        Meh leave it home then. That worked fine when I was in school until phones became widespread

        • zaph@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          And that’s the real answer for how to handle phones in schools. Someone else said leave it home but I’m a single parent of a special needs child, he’s taking his phone to school and the school can eat my ass if they don’t like it. Never had a problem.

  • CaptObvious@lemmy.worldEnglish
    103·
    1 year ago

    Good educators incorporate tech into their lessons. UNESCO isn’t helping it’s credibility crisis with such positions.