Webinar for Educational Leaders:
Managing Smartphone Use In High Schools
Considerations beyond blanket ‘bans’ that value the development of digital citizenship skills.
No one wants a TikTok free-for-all in playgrounds, or the powerful pull of devices to interrupt learning – so let’s design a solution!
Managing smartphone use in schools is complex.
While ‘banning’ phones gets lot of media attention, the leg work of rolling out a policy that balances responsible use with teaching digital literacy and wellbeing skills is left to school leaders.
Some schools might simply not have the tens of thousands of dollars that rolling out equipment to restrict use costs to implement.
Does building a higher pool fence around phone use in schools, help prepare young people for swimming in the vast digital waters, especially when its impossible to fence the whole digital ocean?
Learning outcomes
This session will explore how to discover, design and deliver a responsible technology use policy that considers all devices and behaviours that can create difficulties for young people’s attention, interpersonal relationships and wellbeing.
Full details
Format
1 x 70 minute pre-recorded video session
Cost
Free
Audience
Educational leaders and decision makers, head teachers, school psychologists and wellbeing leaders.