{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cybertraps Podcast","title":"The Push to Ban Phones in Schools Accelerates Cybertraps 133","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2281,"description":" News Item – The Boston Globe Publishes an Editorial Urging Schools to Prohibit Student Phone Use at School\n“https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/22/opinion/sorry-kids-no-more-phones-school/”\n Overarching Questions / Issues\n This is a global issue\n 2022/2023 freshman are the iGen – born after introduction of iPhone in 2007 (!)\n Is this part of a move to de-emphasize screens in education generally?\n Will strict private schools scare away tech-savvy students?\n Justifications\nDistraction / Loss of Focus On average, kids unlock their phones 50 times each day\nImpact on Grades Many educators report improved performance when access to devices is restricted\nPost-Pandemic Need for Non-Phone Socialization Kids who engage more face-to-face are generally happier\n Less spontaneity and real-world creativity\n Teaching self-control should be part of school’s social-emotional curriculum\n “I think great ideas come from boredom.” – John Kalapos, Buxton history teacher and tech committee chair\n Methods\n Complete on-campus bans – no smartphones at all\n Partial bans – students allowed to use phones between classes and at lunch\nLockbags / Pouches In some schools, teachers and administrators have a tool for unlocking containers\nOther schools have unlocking magnets at each exit; kids tap the bag on the magnet as they leave\nPartnership with Yondr [ https://www.overyondr.com/ ]\nOriginally founded in 2014 to limit use of phones in music venues\n Cabinets (“Cellphone Hotels”) / Lockers / Hanging Shoe Organizers\nSome schools permit “dumb” phones and the use of laptops to access the internet One private school is promoting the Light Phone [ https://www.thelightphone.com/ ]\n Teachers encouraged to model good behavior by observing school bans\n Objections and Concerns\nParents want to be able to contact their children In 2015, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio abandoned a policy against phones in schools\nKids are NOT enthusiastic Protests and fire alarms pulled at Torrington High School in Feb. 2022\n...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-npbjlTwEpH5Ybi_ySNRhS-EfNqaI7Ep1svTppTGhLE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNTcyLzE2ODM5/MjY0NDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}