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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not an absolutist. I agree that cellphones have no place during instructional time, but I'm less worried about lunch and transitions, particularly in high school. How can kids learn how to use tech responsibly if we take it away from them until they graduate?

There were very convincing arguments about flexibility too, about how kids used phones for in-class projects at teachers' discretion prior to the total ban.

Why does everything have to be black and white? The people who are cheering about the cellphone ban are now gunning for the iPads and laptops. Which again, I can be convinced really aren't developmentally appropriate in K-2, but older kids gotta learn about it anyway to remain part of an interconnected global society.

I remember someone saying in the old AEM that it was just election-year red meat. I agree.

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Because we tried it your way and we have overwhelming evidence that kids cannot keep their hands off their phones.  They cannot put them down and just use them during non instructional time.  They are distracting because companies have designed them that way.  And now we as adults need to be step in and recognize that your way failed.  [/quote]

What do you mean it failed? It worked just fine for me, and also for my colleagues. I have had very few issues with phones during instructional time. I am not bothered by students checking their phones in the hallways. Some of my students are legal adults. Pouches are developmentally inappropriate for this age group. [/quote]

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