‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools

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‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools
theguardian.com

I personally think that responsible smartphone use should be learned and practiced, rather than outright banning them.

I think this shows that adults are terribly addicted to their devices and think if they can't stop using them, children won't either. They certainly can't teach how to use phones responsibly if they can't do it themselves. Unfortunately for children the result is an outright ban.

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Smartphones are a different league of distracting. Apps like social media are literally tuned to be as psychologically distracting as possible.

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