{"id":10124,"date":"2017-05-16T23:11:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T06:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=10124"},"modified":"2018-04-12T08:51:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T15:51:05","slug":"school-cellphone-ban-ill-advised-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=10124","title":{"rendered":"Victoria middle school will ban cellphones at school starting in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/cbc-news-online-news-staff-list-1.1294364\">CBC News<\/a>\u00a0Posted: May 16, 2017 2:00 PM PT\u00a0Last Updated: May 16, 2017 2:00 PM PT<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"leadmedia\">\n<div>\n<p>Students should be taught to manage new technology, including social media, and not be banned from it, says University of Montreal professor Thierry Karsenti. (AP Photo\/Paul Sakura)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em;\">Related Stories<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"sharecount_gig_containerParent\" role=\"complementary\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/cellphone-school-ban-victoria-1.4116609\">Victoria school bans cellphones after accommodating them doesn&#8217;t work\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/thecurrent\/the-current-for-may-16-2017-1.4115973\/when-does-a-teenager-s-cellphone-use-become-an-addiction-1.4116099\">When does a teenager&#8217;s cellphone use become an addiction?\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/programs\/metromorning\/toronto-teacher-1.3786756\">Fed up with ringtones in class, teacher asks parents&#8217; help confiscating cell phones<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<p>A professor who specializes in technology and education says\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/cellphone-school-ban-victoria-1.4116609\" target=\"_self\">Victoria\u00a0Central Middle School&#8217;s cellphone ban<\/a>\u00a0won&#8217;t make a significant difference.<\/p>\n<p>Central Middle School principal Topher Macintosh said the school \u2014 which has students from Grade 6 to 8 \u2014 currently allows students to bring cellphones to school as long as they are kept in their lockers.<\/p>\n<p>Macintosh says more often than not, students would simply sneak off to their lockers during a bathroom break and use their phones during class time.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in September, he says all students will be prohibited from bringing cellphones into the building.<\/p>\n<p>But Thierry Karsenti, a professor at the University of Montreal and the Canada Research Chair on information and communication technologies in education, says the ban won&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were already not allowed to bring it to class and they brought it to class,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they&#8217;ll still bring them to school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Education is key<\/h2>\n<p>Karsenti, who has conducted research on cellphone use in schools, says students have a very tough time managing cellphone use.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only 12 per cent of the 4,000 participants in our study said they do not use it in class. In all the schools that we surveyed, they had similar rules [banning cell phone use],&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Karsenti said while cellphone use is a difficult, challenging issue for schools, it&#8217;s important to remember students in middle school are very young and need guidance on how to use and manage new technology.<\/p>\n<p>He described one teacher in his study who knew students were bringing their phones to class, despite the rules banning them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was asking students to bring it and put it upside down on their desk [on silent] but he was also using it at times to search on the Internet for some information or if they had to respond to a question using their cell phones. He was giving the idea to kids that it&#8217;s also a tool to learn at school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a more effective method of managing cellphone use than an outright ban, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Education should be the key.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/school-cellphone-ban-ill-advised-expert-says-1.4118154\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/school-cellphone-ban-ill-advised-expert-says-1.4118154<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBC News\u00a0Posted: May 16, 2017 2:00 PM PT\u00a0Last Updated: May 16, 2017 2:00 PM PT Students should be taught to manage new technology, including social media, and not be banned from it, says University of Montreal professor Thierry Karsenti. 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