The Case for Locking Up Your Smartphone

Minimalist · Feb 3, 2018

If abstinence from alcohol originated in Protestant England, maybe abstinence from digital devices will come from Catholic France. The country has recently rolled out a new labor law called the “right to disconnect,” and following a campaign promise made by President Emmanuel Macron, the French Ministry of Education plans to ban the use of smartphones in all of its public schools.*Philippe Vincent, a member of the French head teachers’ union, has estimated that it would take about 3 million lockers to keep cellphones out of the hands of wired écoliers.
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http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2018/02/case-locking-your-smartphone/145704/

mirimir · Feb 3, 2018

That might cut down on the social-media insanity. But aren't there also beneficial uses? Such as access to knowledge during discussion?

RockLobster · Feb 3, 2018

school kids with smartphones == facebook and texting each other.

Krusty · Feb 3, 2018

Calls for smartphone ban in school classrooms

KIDS are using phones at school to photograph classmates in change rooms, watch pornography and send suicide taunts.

Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham yesterday called on schools to ban smartphone use.

“There’s almost no reason students shouldn’t have their phones switched off and in their lockers while they’re at school,’’ he told The Sunday Telegraph.

“Although learning to work with technology is essential, phones can be a distraction from lessons and a platform for bullying unless schools have the right policies in place.’’
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mood · Feb 2, 2019

Mobile phones ‘should be banned from schools’, minister says
February 1, 2019
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ly-davies-chief-medical-officer-a8759406.html

Nick Gibb said he had concerns about the impact excessive phone use was having on children, and said the government would introduce lessons for pupils on how to limit their screen time.
“Schools obviously are free to set their own behaviour policies but my own view is that schools should ban mobile telephones and smartphones inside school, and particularly inside classrooms,” he told The Times.

However, Rutgers University in the United States last year concluded students scored the equivalent of half a grade less in end-of-term tests if they were allowed to use their devices for non-academic reasons in their classes.

The UK would be following in the footsteps of European counterparts if schools were to introduce a mobile phone ban, with French pupils being told to leave their smartphones at home when they returned from their summer holidays last year.
Teachers in the UK have also complained about pupils being distracted or using the phones to take upskirt images of staff in the classroom.
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“If children want to use a phone in an emergency they can use the school phone.”
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mood · Feb 3, 2019

Cell-phone ban workaround:
Rich kids are cheating in school with Apple Watches
January 31, 2019
https://theoutline.com/post/7030/rich-kids-are-cheating-in-school-with-apple-watches

The watch is a convenient workaround for classroom cell-phone bans; it can be used for everything from texting to cheating on tests.
“I knew they were using them during class because I saw them swiping on their watches. It’s not so easy to hide — the kids were looking straight down at their wrists, and it wasn’t as if they were checking the time,” she said. “It drove me crazy.”

“If I remember correctly, it didn’t affect enough students to be worth making a policy over,” she said, though “it definitely would have been easier, as a teacher, if they fell into the same category as phones and could be taken away.”

Generally speaking, school policies on tech in the classroom vary widely by district, by classroom, and even by teacher [...] others have a more relaxed policy, allowing students to keep their phones as long as they are not in sight during class.
In the U.S., Apple Watches still aren’t trendy enough to be viewed as a legitimate nuisance in schools: “I’ve seen some among teenagers, but they haven’t really caught on,” said Jim Taylor, author of the book Raising Generation Tech.
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mood · Feb 10, 2019

South Wigston school charges for confiscated mobile phone return
February 9, 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-47179753

South Wigston High School's policy says phones "will be confiscated and returned to parents only. A £2 contribution to the school's charity will be required for return".

The Leicestershire secondary school - which has banned pupils having mobiles - said the payment was "voluntary".
The school says mobile phones are banned because they are "known to be a major tool for bullying" and "a distraction to learning".

Another mother called the policy "brilliant" and said her son was at school to learn not to play on his mobile.
A Department for Education spokesman said the Secretary of State supported schools banning phones, and if they were banned it should be set out in their behaviour policies.
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