Education 2.0 & 3.0

In my summer digital citizenship classes, the biggest question I get is how to control student cell phone usage. Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher,…

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Juergen Wagner

My social media feed and my phone went crazy today because of the issue of a cellphone ban which will apparently become law in Ontario in the 2019/2020 school year, released interestingly during March Break.

I’m certain that many people will think banning cellphones is a great idea. In fact, there may be a few teachers who think this is a great idea. After all, kids these days are distracted addicted, and apathetic right???

I have spoken to thousands of teachers and students about thinking differently about the powerful devices which fit in our pockets.

Here, in essence are my concerns with a cellphone ban:

Via John Evans

Cellphones in schools is a subject I’ve discussed at length before and one that doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon. It’s a bellweather issue, an issue that indicates clearly where you sit on the educational spectrum. Do schools teach students “the rules” or help students learn effectively?

Via John Evans, Stephania Savva, Ph.D, Ivon Prefontaine, PhD, Peter Mellow