Re:Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough
by technothrasher on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @10:17AM
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At my son's school, they all have to put the phones in the 'phone hotel' at the beginning of the day and pick them up at the end. Sorta worked, until the kids all just started bringing in old phones to drop in the phone hotel and keep their actual phones with them. That and the Apple watches and chromebooks mean pretty much no kid has any trouble doing whatever they want even without their phones.
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Re:Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough
by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @10:53AM
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What could you actually do with an Apple Watch though? Sounds like a better solution if you really need a communication link that isn’t as distracting as a smart phone. Texting is still possible, just not very convenient.
Re:Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough
by technothrasher on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @01:05PM
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Yes, texting. They text amongst their friends who are in different classes.
Re:Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough
by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @07:43PM
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Parental control the watch's functionality during school hours to just calling or texting 911 and mom/dad?
Re:Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough
by Macha on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @02:08PM
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Do students these days learn to text without seeing the screen? It strikes me as more difficult to do with a touch screen, but we used to do it with T9 phones back in the day.
Re:Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough
by throwaway50603 on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @03:10PM
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Try SwiftKey... Not the same but I can do it without looking that much - and one-handed.