What do you think about this debate, after it was announced that schools are voluntarily restricting pupils from using smartphones.
This Writer reckons the devices should not be allowed in classroom settings, where pupils could use them instead of having to think for themselves – or could simply be distracted from lessons by using them instead.
Taking them away from pupils would require a safe space to put them and a way of knowing which phone belonged to which pupil – wouldn’t it? That might be a headache.
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But schools are avoiding government regulation by voluntarily restricting pupil use of smartphones, so presumably they have found ways of achieving this that aren’t a burden. Perhaps they should share their methods to develop some kind of “best practice”.
The BBC’s article on this subject links it with a new agreement between the UK and the United States to protect children’s safety online, with the first step being to set up a joint online safety working group to share evidence and expertise, and study the impact social media has on children.
The governments of both countries say they hope this will convince technical companies – the social media platforms – to act to implement their own measures to protect children from online harms and improve their privacy, safety and mental health.
But it’s a tenuous link, between international co-operation (and possibly legislation) and voluntary action by individual schools.
What do you think? What do you think children should do with their smartphones during lessons at school?
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Schools are voluntarily restricting pupils from using smartphones
What do you think about this debate, after it was announced that schools are voluntarily restricting pupils from using smartphones.
This Writer reckons the devices should not be allowed in classroom settings, where pupils could use them instead of having to think for themselves – or could simply be distracted from lessons by using them instead.
Taking them away from pupils would require a safe space to put them and a way of knowing which phone belonged to which pupil – wouldn’t it? That might be a headache.
Buy Cruel Britannia in print here. Buy the Cruel Britannia ebook here. Or just click on the image!
But schools are avoiding government regulation by voluntarily restricting pupil use of smartphones, so presumably they have found ways of achieving this that aren’t a burden. Perhaps they should share their methods to develop some kind of “best practice”.
The BBC’s article on this subject links it with a new agreement between the UK and the United States to protect children’s safety online, with the first step being to set up a joint online safety working group to share evidence and expertise, and study the impact social media has on children.
The governments of both countries say they hope this will convince technical companies – the social media platforms – to act to implement their own measures to protect children from online harms and improve their privacy, safety and mental health.
But it’s a tenuous link, between international co-operation (and possibly legislation) and voluntary action by individual schools.
What do you think? What do you think children should do with their smartphones during lessons at school?
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The first collection, Strong Words and Hard Times,
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