But when officials want to discipline a student whose wardrobe expresses sexual orientation or gender variance, they must consider antidiscrimination policies, mental health factors, community standards and classroom distractions.
The team played around with different designs, but decided against a wristwatch for a variety of reasons – including not only the bulk of the device, but because some schools banned them as classroom distractions.
Fried (2008) administered surveys to a university course, assessing various aspects of class such as class attendance, classroom experiences, and laptop use, finding that students frequently cited personal and external laptop use as major sources of classroom distractions and hindrances of learning.
Although empirical and anecdotal evidence suggest internet use during class interferes with learning, student consensus is that it is merely a modern incarnation of classroom distractions of old: playing solitaire (with real cards), reading the newspaper, or passing notes.
The principal then met with a number of students and concluded that the bracelets had become enough of a distraction through classroom and hallway conversations to warrant the e-mail message.
Now, an education tech startup called Nearpod has raised $21 million in venture funding to help teachers turn mobile devices into a positive force for learning in the classroom, rather than a distraction they must fight against.
Teachers have banned them from their classrooms for being a distraction.
In April, the Times covered the burgeoning craze: Teachers have banned them from their classrooms for being a distraction.
In a large classroom there are many distractions -- other children talking, laughing, or moving in their seat -- and it's easy for young children to lose concentration and get caught up in an off-task moment.
