Criminalizing & profiting off students is wrong
Little has changed here in NYC since the Mayor decided we'd treat students like criminals, have em go through metal detectors and force em to give up their digital devices upon entering school.
Since then I have written more than 100 articles, taught classes, and a written book about the benefits of harnessing the power of cell phones for learning. This especially made sense when the cell phone-banning city I work in was distributing the devices to thousands of students as part of an incentive program that won the Cannes Lion Titanium Award.
Unfortunately, even after the writing, teaching, and distributing of devices, kids are still banned from using their personal learning devices.
A couple years ago Will Richardson explained the important lessons this teaches kids.
- It teaches them that they don’t deserve to be empowered with