'Only technology that has a clear role in supporting learning should be allowed in school," UNESCO stated in a recent report about the use of smartphones in classrooms.
I wished I had the power of a smartphone in my pocket, when I was young. It is a great thing to have things organized digitally and get rid of pen and paper.
Of course you can do dumb things with a smartphone, but there are many tools you can misuse. Teaching young people how to take advantage of the tools is more reasonable than to take them away.
Research shows again and again that it doesn’t work that way. Smartphones are tools at work or in university. For children they are neither useful nor necessary in school.
Getting rid of pen and paper also isn’t something we should advance in school as hand writing also helps the cognitive learning process.
I wished I had the power of a smartphone in my pocket, when I was young. It is a great thing to have things organized digitally and get rid of pen and paper.
Of course you can do dumb things with a smartphone, but there are many tools you can misuse. Teaching young people how to take advantage of the tools is more reasonable than to take them away.
Research shows again and again that it doesn’t work that way. Smartphones are tools at work or in university. For children they are neither useful nor necessary in school.
Getting rid of pen and paper also isn’t something we should advance in school as hand writing also helps the cognitive learning process.