The National Party wants a blanket ban on cellphones in school. But international research suggests improving student engagement is complex, and such a policy might even be counterproductive.
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A new report from UNESCO analyzes the many challenges of the growing presence of technology in education and notes 14 per cent of countries have policies that ban mobile phones.
The 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report proposed restrictions on the use of technology in the classroom.
Lingering on the tarmac once you get off a plane through the rear door is unadvisable for many reasons – here’s why the staff want your phone in your pocket.
Your mobile phone is 10 times dirtier than a toilet seat. Here’s what to do about it.
Emergency alerts system: a lifesaving service or a threat to privacy?
The new conditions that have been heaped onto Rogers as a result of the Rogers-Shaw merger could end up benefiting Canadian consumers and the economy at large.
Your phone doesn’t even need to ping for you to be distracted. Here’s how to reclaim your focus.
The deployment of 5G networks depends on the compatibility of the instruments and protocols of a handful of industry players.
Some contracts are set to rise by more than inflation, here’s how to reduce the cost of living impact of such bills.
Some US law enforcement agencies are using a commercial app that tracks people all day long via their phones – without a court order or oversight.
Mobile apps are sometimes ‘regionalized’ to better serve the needs of users, functioning differently in, for example, China than in Canada. But some of those differences pose security and privacy risks.
Is it true our phones are dangerous for aircraft navigation? An expert explains.
Canada is connected to the Democratic Republic of Congo through the global economy, international peacekeeping efforts and migration. We must not ignore violence because it’s far away.
Classrooms should not be a free-for-all TikTok fest. But we need to support children to learn how to concentrate and function in a digitally-saturated world.
One option is for schools to develop mobile phone policies together with children and parents.
To date, the program has provided nearly $10 million to roughly 137,000 of the country’s poorest citizens.
The introduction of these technologies in Ghana has created an enabling platform for consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for goods and services
Many drivers still use mobile phones despite the fact that it’s illegal.
The idea seems to make sense: if the system can predict your intended word before you type it, this should save you time. But that’s not necessarily the case.
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