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Smartphones and other distractions

by Ze Povinho

Feb 18, 2015

Good morning.

I have covered some high school assignments, and as we know, the level of distraction caused by these devices has really skyrocketed these past years.

It used to be pagers in the 1990s and then what we would now call "feature phones" (these phones with the folding keyboards), but the explosion of distractions has happened in the last 3 years or so, in my opinion.

I have seen firsthand how the smartphones have really robbed the attention of teens in many classrooms, so much that the enforcement of the rules against these devices is pretty much dead letter. It takes a very stern regular teacher who has set the strict rules from day one to even have a chance to control these devices.

In classrooms where the regular teacher allows these devices, it's distraction central. I have seen students who really are totally incapable (as opposed to unwilling) to put the phone for more than 20 seconds before it's out again. Yesterday, in t...See More

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