Hi Everyone,
We are obviously interested in discussions taking place about education, and so were surprised to see that the recent EdTalk in the SCMP focused so much on mobiles and students use of them.
One would assume that students themselves can't afford the 10,000HKD pricetag for an iPhone X, meaning they are being bought for them. Even for lower end models the price is still around 2000HKD or above. The discussion educators are having - as evidenced by the attention it received at the recent EdTalk - seems to just be circling the obvious point that parents are buying these things for their kids, and that educators are then having to mitigate the impact they have on learning.
If students have laptops and tablets available to them during school time, shouldn't we just ban the use of mobiles on school premises?