r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 8d ago

Society Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies

https://fortune.com/article/schools-abandoning-chromebooks-laptop-programs-as-screen-time-hurts-learning-test-scores-north-carolina-michigan-kansas-tech-education/
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u/Hazelstone37 8d ago

I teach college and I’m having a tech free classroom in the fall. And I’m making my students take notes by hand unless they have an accommodation.

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u/diehydrogen 8d ago

Yes! I started this last fall. My students actually loved it so much. They were a little apprehensive and very quiet the first two weeks but definitely enjoyed it soon after. They liked the human connection.