You have a literal internet connected computer with any function you could care to name, interactive touch screen display, full sound with headphones being provided by the student.
The situation we have now is that there are few apps that are suitable for a classrooms, even fewer which teachers would be allowed to use and none which are endorsed or included in the curriculum[1].
Meanwhile students phones have no central management unless by parents using a specialist app, are not automatically locked down to appropriate use during school hours, meaning they just get used for messaging and inappropriate stuff.
There is no reason that a students phone couldn't become the world's most amazing educational tool the moment they walk onto school premises - the world just hasn't caught up yet and probably won't for a while.
[1] I don't know this, but I'm sure they're providing iPads or something if they're actually doing anything around this.
> There is no reason that a students phone couldn't become the world's most amazing educational too
Or, some new, advanced technology exists, therefore, because it is new and advanced, it needs to be applied. This is an affliction.
GP asked what use a smartphone would have, implying that it could only ever be bad. I'm just arguing that this isn't necessarily the case, not that we should adopt it or even that adoption is likely.
There are enough stories about children dying because schools locked away medication. I have very little trust that schools will apply any common sense.
Yeah, schools have a history of issues. However, this policy isn't really new. It was in place when I went to school and there were no issues.
Keyword "should".
> The schools have agreed that if any phone is used by a pupil during the school day, it will be confiscated.
Yep, the "easy" and extremely irresponsible solution.
> It was in place when I went to school and there were no issues.
Good for you, but
https://www.9news.com.au/health/boy-dies-after-school-confis...
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/20/califor...
Also, study hall is an elective class. You still need to behave in study hall. The purpose is to study. Lunch could be an exception, but not really. There should be enough time to eat and socialize just a little. The lunch periods are not excessively long.
Chromebook’s still aren’t nearly as integrated into schools as you might expect.
Most study hall / libraries have a number of computer terminals.
(Study haul? I don't know this term.)
