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Introducing the 'toolbox of the future' into classrooms has delivered worse educational outcomes. At least one school is fighting back.
Finally, there's some hope for our education system.
An elite Sydney school has banned laptops from the classroom, a move designed to restore the traditional teacher-student relationship and enhance learning.
Do you remember when disastrous Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised every school student a 'toolbox of the future' as part of his grab-bag of BS promises?
Naturally, he never delivered, but it set the scene that kids needed a computer to learn in the classroom. . The result has been a disaster with a continual decline in academic standards and serious concentration problems for young students.
In a world where many people can barely be apart from their tech for a few minutes, seven hours without being glued to a screen is a blessing.
The school in question is Sydney Grammar - an elite institution that charges up to $45,000 a year for the privilege of attending.
Under the policy:
“All note-taking and annotations are handwritten. It does make classroom management easier because I can see everything students are doing at a glance as I walk around the room.”
The evidence of how this benefits students is more than just anecdotal.
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