Imagine the following situation: student X plays on his smartphone in class. Teacher Y notices, gets mad, grabs the phone out of the student’s hands and forbids him to further use it in class. The possible effect of the ban is that X along with the rest of the students are even more tempted to use the forbidden device, while teacher Y gets even more terrified by the monstrous threat that technology presents to the educational tradition she’s a part of.
Now imagine a different scenario. Teacher Y takes advantage of the fact that most, if not all kids, have a smartphone or a tablet and decides to use the mobile devices to engage the kids in the learning process. She encourages student X and the rest of the class to use their mobile devices for learning purposes – for research or to take photos or videos for certain tasks. There’s no confiscated phones, no bans, just an up-to-date cooperation with technology. If you still think this scenario is too positive to be true, check out the following list of benefits that technology in primary school might have on the educational process.
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