Banning Phones in Schools Is Drastically Changing the Behaviour of Kids, Teachers Say
“Gothamist spoke to students about their experience with the ban, and the number one takeaway didn’t have to do with anything to do with hot-button topics like social media addiction or cyberbullying. Instead, it was that kiboshing phones is forcing kids to actually talk to each other in meatspace again — and it’s making schools way noisier, for better or worse.”
I'm going to say something that will be highly unpopular with employees, but I think banning phones in the workplace during working hours (not lunchtime) would also boost productivity and focus a lot! I can't but help noticing when I go to do my weekly groceries shopping at a certain supermarket, that in more than one aisle, a packer is busy on their phones with the boxes lying next to them. I doubt these are emergencies, and are more likely ongoing replies to someone on an instant messaging app.
Apart from shelf packers though, even for management, they should not be conducting work communication over private messaging apps. E-mail can be read whenever one is at their desk, and the company has a record of the official correspondence then too.
There seems to be this need to be in constant contact 24/7, but I have started to realise that I do not need to read every single notification coming in as it happens. I choose times when I'm taking a break, or before supper, etc when it does not break my concentration of what I'm doing. As I'm writing this post, I've heard my phone going ding about 5 times (one at least was from my spouse). If it's urgent though, they can phone me, but if I don't have boundaries in place, a phone threatens to just keep interrupting you. It's the same reason why my phone goes onto Do Not Disturb mode from 22:30 every night.
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Banning Phones in Schools Is Drastically Changing the Behavior of Kids, Teachers Say
Schools around the world are banning phones, and the results can be unexpected. For instance, schools are getting loud again.
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