#cellphonebans

Failing policies on #cellphonebans and #socialmedia bans, now a massive data breach of age-verification ID systems.

I'd say the digital abstinence movement is going just swimmingly without any of the problems people warned about.

And state legislatures are only thinking of keeping phones out of students' hands during classroom learning? They need to wake up and smell the 21st century. #cellphonebans #smartglasses #tech #technology

a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech that says no apps no computers no gadgets no gizmos Alt: a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech that says no apps no computers no gadgets no gizmos

Banning tech is not the solution... #CSEd #tech #privacy #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #CellPhoneBans

We've now had two unpublished studies of #cellphonebans get ballyhooed as if they were evidence in support of the bans. A closer look at both has revealed that the impact was basically indistinguishable from zero.

Thus it is with moral panics. Be wary, we'll be seeing more of the same.

A magnetic pouch is key to enforcing school cellphone bans. Kids are getting around it Yondr makes a locking pouch that for years has been used at entertainment events to sequester cellphones and now is being deployed at hundreds of L.A. Unified schools.

📰 #Education #CellphoneBans
#LAUSD
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What Is Driving Youth Mental Health Problems? It's Not Just About Social Media Focusing too much on one potential cause of the youth mental health crisis could backfire.

What’s driving youth #mentalhealth problems? It’s not just #socialmedia:
“That’s dangerous if we’re focusing on one area, neglecting the others when we know there’s not just one factor that impacts youth mental health.”
@edweek
#education #edtech #cellphonebans
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The problem with vibes-based cellphone reporting - Kappan Online School cellphone bans have strong vibes, thanks in large part to credulous media coverage. But the actual evidence is weak — and the potential downsides are many. By Chris Ferguson, professor of psych...

In this essay I talk about #cellphonebans, why news coverage of them has often glossed over some real problems and some signs that we are in a new #socialmediaban moral panic.

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Teachers say cellphones are 'an unending loop of distraction,' but are bans the answer? Several school districts across the country—and here in Connecticut—have introduced cellphone ban policies. This hour, we explore these policies and hear how students, parents, and educators are respo...

Sharing an interview I did for CT Public radio about #cellphonebans. The beginning is a discussion of the hardware used to take cellphones, then I come on about 20m in to add some nuance.

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