Classrooms should disconnect students In Our Opinion Classrooms today are going high-tech, with network connections and other applications that further the learning dynamic. But the classrooms are not the only things sporting technological marvels.
Students are wired, there's no doubting that.
The phenomenon is too well-established to be rolled back. The issue is the appropriateness of having these devices in the classroom setting. Many of today's electronica have the capability to be put onto vibrate mode. In a few years, the curve of technology will have caught up to the point where such issues are no longer an issue. Until that point is reached, the burden is on the students to mute the bells and whistles.