smartphones in schools

Screen panic: how much time is too much?

Screen panic: how much time is too much?

By John Fischetti, Simon Vaughan and Kylie Shaw

Smart devices are powerful tools that can assist teaching and learning. Each device on its own is a …

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Ban smart phones in schools. Not because they’re disruptive but because of this

Ban smart phones in schools. Not because they’re disruptive but because of this

By Janine Aldous Arantes

Largely missing from the ban-phones-in-schools debate are the opinions of important regulatory bodies such as the Australian Competition …

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Don’t ban smartphones in Australian high schools: here’s why (and what we can do instead)

Don’t ban smartphones in Australian high schools: here’s why (and what we can do instead)

By Jocelyn Brewer

The recent announcement that Gaming Disorder (impaired control over gaming) will be included as an official diagnosis in The International Classification of Disease, Eleventh Revision, followed hot on the heels of the announcement that the use of mobile devices in NSW schools will be reviewed. As quickly as we become enraptured by the possibilities of …

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