Thursday, June 27, 2019

Banning mobile phones in schools


Banning mobile phones in schools not a clear-cut solution

Posted yesterday at 2:40pm
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino's announcement mobile phones will be bannedfor all students at state primary and secondary schools is certainly a bold move.
The policy has been justified as a direct response to mounting levels of cyberbullying, concerns over distractions and schools struggling with discipline relating to students' misuse of phones.
Students will have to switch off their phones and store them in lockers from the start of the school day until the final bell. In case of an emergency, parents or guardians can reach their child by calling the school.
The Minister said in a statement:
The only exceptions to the ban will be where students use phones to monitor health conditions, or where teachers instruct students to bring their phone for a particular classroom activity.

What are other countries doing?

Whether to allow students to use mobile phones in school is certainly a hot topic in education. The Victorian announcement follows a French government ban on mobiles in school in 2018.
Debates on the issue are also taking place in DenmarkSweden and the United Kingdom.
There is considerable public support for banning mobiles.
In our recently conducted survey of more than 2,000 Australian adults, nearly 80 per cent supported a ban on mobile phones in classrooms. Just under one third supported an outright ban from schools altogether.
Support for a classroom ban was remarkably consistent across different demographics, including political affiliation and age group.
But while banning phones from classrooms, and from school altogether, might seem sensible, there are a number of reasons to be cautious.
It's clear we need to carefully consider how we want to make use of digital devices being brought into schools. But previous experience, such as in New York, suggests a blanket ban might introduce even more problems.
And the little research evidence that addresses the issue is mixed.

What's the evidence?

Reports of cyberbullying have clearly gone up among school-aged children and young people over the past 10 years, but the nature and precedents of cyberbullying are complex.
Research suggests there is a large overlap between cyberbullying and traditional forms of bullying, which wouldn't then follow that digital devices are somehow causing these behaviours.
Cyberbullying also often takes place outside school hours and premises. There is a danger banning phones from classrooms might distract education staff from having to continue with efforts to address the more immediate causes of cyberbullying.
There is also a growing literature exploring the links between digital devices and classroom distractions. The presence of phones in the classroom is certainly found to be a source of multi-tasking among students of all ages — some of which can be educationally relevant and much of which might not.
But the impact of these off-task behaviours on student learning outcomes is difficult to determine. A review of 132 academic studies concluded it is difficult to determine directions and mechanisms of the causal relations between mobile phone multi-tasking and academic performance.
There is also a strong sense from classroom research that issues of distraction apply equally to laptops, iPads and other digital devices.
All told, the sense from academic literature is that the realities of smartphone use in classrooms are complex and decidedly messy.
Our own research into how smartphones are being used in Victorian classrooms highlighted the difficulties teachers face in policing student use (what some teachers described as requiring "five minutes of firefighting" at the beginning of every lesson).

But wait, there are benefits?

Despite this, we also found instances of students using smartphones for a range of beneficial purposes — from impromptu information seeking to live-streaming lessons for sick classmates.
These benefits are also reflected in classroom studies elsewhere in the world.
Research from Stanford University has demonstrated, for instance, that with proper support and preparation, teachers in even the most challenges of schools can "build on the ways students already use technology outside of school to help them learn in the classroom".
There is now a whole academic field known as "m-Learning" where researchers have explored the pedagogical and learning advantages of using mobile devices (including phones) in lessons.
But what about a blanket ban from school altogether? Experience from elsewhere suggests enforcing a mobile ban in schools may not be as easy as it sounds.

New York reversed the ban

The New South Wales Government announced a review into the benefits and risks of mobile phone use in schools in June 2018, led by child psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg.
At the review's completion, the Government said it would only ban mobile phones from the state's primary schools, leaving secondary schools free to make their own choice.
It noted:
We recognise that technology plays an important and increasing role as students progress through their education […] We want to give secondary schools the flexibility to balance the benefits and risks of technology in the way that best supports their students.
Perhaps the most pertinent example is the ban enforced in New York City from 2006, that was eventually lifted in 2015.
The reasons given for this reversal highlighted several of the concerns the new ban in Victoria will likely face.

Things to watch out for

They include practical difficulties of enforcing a ban in the classroom being exacerbated by banning of phone use during break times and lunchtimes.
First, it was clear the New York ban was being inconsistently enforced by schools — with better-resourced schools in more affluent areas more likely to bend the rules and permit student use. In contrast, schools in lower-income areas with metal detectors were more likely to be rigidly enforcing the ban.
Other motivations for lifting the ban were concerns over student safety such as the need for students to contact family members during break times and lunchtimes.
Families were also incurring costs to store phones securely outside of the school.
There was also a recognition teachers should be trusted to exercise their professional judgement as to how they could be making good educational use of devices in their lessons.
At the same time, it was reckoned government resources were better directed toward supporting students to learn how to use technology responsibly through cyber-safety lessons.
All these reasons are as relevant now to Victorian schools as they were to New York City schools in 2015.
The use (and non-use) of mobile phones in schools is certainly an issue we need to have a proper conversations about. But it might not be as clear-cut as the recent policy announcements suggest.
Neil Selwyn is a distinguished research professor at Monash University. This article originally appeared on The Conversation.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Sensatiocraft Spread to Melbourne

Armed with construction waste, Sensatiocraft  tried to introduce the products into
 the luxury goods and to supplement luxury hotels in Australia,
 it is not easy to convince them but there is hope that makes dreams recycle products from Indonesia will be more appreciated.
Catclock,
Dimension 22x28x30cm, 900 gr weight. Catclock  in the box 
you to imagine the shape and behavior of a funny cat, please explore 
here as your imagination. Packing Dimension : 14x14x30cm, 900 gr weight, carton, 
wrapped plastic inside
see:Award
Catclock and lamp from Sensatiocraft, in the lobby of  Travelodge
Hotel, Melbourne.


Nightlampcontemporer 
High  28cm, diameter  11cm. weight  500gr. Material plastic pipe, grafired in contemporer style.
Designed for sleeping lamp,  power electric 5 watt.
Stand on Travelodge Hotel Melbourne.
Catclock in Eureka Skydeck gooddy bag
Catclock trying new atmosphere in Australia, although very cold,
catclock style in front of Eureka Skydeck
Hoping Sensatiocraft trip to Australia was not in vain, Sensatiocraft tried to introduce its product ... And amazingly Sensatiocraft  got a very good appreciation, and we immediately made ​​the mutually beneficial cooperation between Sensatiocraft and counter or distributor in Australia.
See: Rock-on-BambangPlastic craft

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Japanese artist cook his own cock

food illustration

 A male artist in Tokyo, Japan, to amputate the whole cock and cook it to be presented to the customer. Who would have guessed, this unusual cuisine behavior of millions of dollars per portion.Reported the Daily Mail, Friday, May 26, 2012, an illustrator named Mao Sugiyama, 22, is an asexual or have no sexual desire, so decided to amputate the genitals. Surgical removal of the penis, testicles and scrotum performed in a hospital after a birthday celebration 22. Initially he wanted to cook and consume his own cock.

Monday, May 28, 2012

President SBY Sin

 Former member of the Presidential Advisory Council (Wantimpres) Adnan quoted, urgedPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is not consistent tonominate members of his family in the upcoming 2014 presidential election.
"I would say not. He (Yudhoyono) has never said no before, and heshould be consistent," said Buyung told reporters, in the launch ofhis book entitled 'Advice for SBY', at the Pullman Hotel, Jalan MHThamrin, Central Jakarta, Friday (25 / 5/2012).
Founder of the Legal Aid Foundation of Indonesia said that if the President a true democrat, he would not let her run for the State, ornominated by others.
"Otherwise, he will cursed this nation, and the sinful seven generations if he dared to let his wife Ani run," said Buyung.
Earlier, Chairman of the Democratic Faction Nurhayati Assegafsaid Ani Yudhoyono would unlikely be promoted to the Democratic Party presidential candidate in 2014 election.
"As a former staff, I knew that Mrs. Ani no ambition and do notintend to go forward to be candidates," said Nurhayati in the House of Representatives some time ago.
Nurhayati said the First Lady plans to get out of politics, afterPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is no longer serving as president. [TribunNews-SRN]

Friday, May 11, 2012

Why many of the aircraft crashed on Mount Salak?

Sukhoi SSJ100

Why airplanes are often lost on Salak Mount Bogor

Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft lost on Mount Salak in West Java. The incident plane missing in the area of ​​Mount Salak is not the firsttime this has happened.

A2106 Casa Air Force aircraft lost in the region of Mount Salak,Bogor 2008. A total of 18 passengers confirmed dead.
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Why many of the aircraft crashed on Mount Salak?

"It was entered in the mountainous region. Fog is often dropped,especially if the weather is bad. That mountain can not see. Sothere are allegations in the mountains could be harmed by the planecrashed into a mountain," said Kadispen Air Force, Air MarshalJonah First Azman told merdeka.com Thursday (10/5).

Azman added problem when the plane crashed in the mountains isa matter of search and rescue (SAR). Search is often hampered bypoor weather and difficult terrain.

"If it's late SAR is usually discontinued. Especially at night, want to see what is in the mountains at night. Usually followed in the morning," said an officer of the corps of this navigation.

Air Force personnel to deploy a mission and a helicopter to rescuethis time. But control is the responsibility of Basarnas.

"We help the personnel and pilots," he said.

As reported previously, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft lost contactin the area of ​​Bogor, West Java, at around 14:51 pm, Wednesday(9/5). The plane was in Indonesia for a demonstration flight at HalimPerdanakusuma airport.

These activities are part of a series of road show (road show) conducted by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft airlines in several countries inSoutheast Asia and Central Asia. The plane was carrying 42passengers and eight Russian citizens.