France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle schools
When I taught, I found that student's having mobile phones was pretty useful.<p>They had to be kept in their bags and on silent during my lessons, unless I gave permission for them to be out.<p>They would use them to add reminders for homework, have a second screen for internet access, take photos of the board, connect to my Apple TV and then point their cameras at their work to display it to the rest of the class.<p>I rarely had issues, and when I did I would just confiscate the phone and then make the parents come in to school to collect it. That soon tempers a child's desire to get their phone out in class.