Joanne JacobsApr 8, 20182 minConnected, dependent — and distractedFortnite Mobile, a trendy free game, is distracting students and overloading schools’ wifi, reports Patricia Hernandez on Kotaku....
Joanne JacobsFeb 16, 20181 minShould teachers ban spiral notebooks?Should schools ban spiral notebooks? After all, writes Thomas Arnett of the Christensen Institute, students often use them “to scribble...
Joanne JacobsDec 21, 20171 minFrench schools say ‘non’ to cell phonesFrench schools will ban cell phones reports Henry Samuel in The Telegraph. In addition to a classroom ban, students will not be allowed...
Joanne JacobsDec 11, 20171 minLong lessons, lots of distracted kidsThe average K-4 student is distracted more than a quarter of the time, according to a 2016 paper, Off-task behavior in elementary school...