Regarding the education week article, It would be interesting to test how well students read the same material but from their smartphones, would not be surprised if reading ability is more about the form factor of the device than the material itself.
Really interesting idea - and I agree, would be cool to test. Also the difference between e.g. reading educational material on *their own* phones vs. some school-allocated device
This post really took me back in time. One of my tutors in high school was the principal of another school with many kids from an informal settlement nearby. He used to tell us how he encouraged them to use their smartphones for taking notes/ pictures of notes in class to help with homework as well as studying for exams.
His reasoning was that the screen brightness on their phones was adjustable and far better on their eyes at night than candle light. (insecure, often illegally installed electricity cables are very unreliable). I remember he was working on a platform called smartlearner.mobi so his students could use their phones for every aspect of the South African curriculum, sadly he passed away before it was fully developed.
Educators should be directing students' attention towards learning through accessibility rather than denying learners access to their preferred learning platforms during peak learning hours.
A good start is encouraging "classroom smartphone best practices" like disabling notifications.🤷🏽♂️
Regarding the education week article, It would be interesting to test how well students read the same material but from their smartphones, would not be surprised if reading ability is more about the form factor of the device than the material itself.
Really interesting idea - and I agree, would be cool to test. Also the difference between e.g. reading educational material on *their own* phones vs. some school-allocated device
This post really took me back in time. One of my tutors in high school was the principal of another school with many kids from an informal settlement nearby. He used to tell us how he encouraged them to use their smartphones for taking notes/ pictures of notes in class to help with homework as well as studying for exams.
His reasoning was that the screen brightness on their phones was adjustable and far better on their eyes at night than candle light. (insecure, often illegally installed electricity cables are very unreliable). I remember he was working on a platform called smartlearner.mobi so his students could use their phones for every aspect of the South African curriculum, sadly he passed away before it was fully developed.
Educators should be directing students' attention towards learning through accessibility rather than denying learners access to their preferred learning platforms during peak learning hours.
A good start is encouraging "classroom smartphone best practices" like disabling notifications.🤷🏽♂️