Interesting Links for 20-02-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Tory ban on phones in schools is a non-policy for a non-problem.

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2. AI Generated Videos Just Changed Forever

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3. Are you anxious? Do you sleep badly? Then if you drink coffee or tea you should stop it.

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Comments

Re: Bans on Phones in Schools

[magedragonfire]

A way some of the proposed bans in Canada would work is that phones would be allowed at the discretion of the teacher. If their teacher was having them do photography or look up word definitions/translations, sure, they could have their phones for that.

Of course, for the kids who don't have or can't afford a phone-like device, that might prove a difficulty.

I can't imagine a teacher who'd let their students have their phones out in math, though. Most kids I know would much rather be looking at memes or videos than working out combinatorics questions. :P Basic calculators are cheap and ubiquitous. (Graphing ones are not, admittedly, and I don't know if we've started covering them for grade 11s/12s who are in the classes that use them.)