I’m baffled by this allowance as well.  So many of our children are addicted to electronic toys: they’re constantly cking their cell phones for messages etc.  School should be a place for learning and focus; not constant interuption of electronic messages.  I feel so sorry for today’s children.  As a society, we’re providing lots of material wealth, but we’re not giving them the most wonderful gift of sharp, well-diciplined minds; they’ll pay the price for this, not us.

“Sunbeams from Cucumbers”

(Jonathan Swift, “Gulliver’s Travels”)

The other day, my child complained the other day on the habit of certain students texting on classroom tests and quizzes. I told her, there is technology , that is not costly, to prevent communication between cell phones and other devices using cell phone technology, to block communication within the classroom. No doubt, it will begin in schools like the one my child attends, due to the savvy tech skills of some of the teachers. Instead of purchasing it, they will make their own blocking devices. It is already being used in post-secondary institutes, during exam times, and it is just a matter of time when it comes to the public school K to 12 system.

It’s one of those areas that’s going to depend on how well a teacher can enforce usage AND how students abide by those rules of usage in the classroom.

It also ranks among the many other distractions in classrooms that hamper learning that have nothing to do with new technology.

I can see issues of protection of privacy when (not IF) students begin taking photos of their teachers on the job or their classmates without their knowing about it.

Then there’s the implication around cheating on tests/exams etc.

I don’t believe we’ve seen the last of the controversy around this issue. In fact it’s only just begun.

cellphones to class idea is not okay for me,it only gives disturbance to the class and learning while a kid is in the school
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