Smartphones are the bane of some teachers’ existence. Filled with infinite distraction, socialising and games, they are indicative of student ...
I’m a teacher, and I have no problem with phones in my classroom. Here’s why.
Ask any teacher who is still in the classroom today about what has changed in the last few decades of education, and their answer will inevitably include the biggest shakeup to education: smartphones.
Taking away a student's phone will elicit roughly the same reaction as yanking a newborn baby from their mother: instant hostility.