High school teacher: I’m banning laptops in class — and not just because they are distracting

"… I know that virtually all advocates of one-to-one programs truly believe they serve the students’ best interests — that to not be a one-to-one school is to ill-prepare students for the world bowing to meet them, and that we have a responsibility to equip our students with the ability to interact in meaningful ways with the electronic world and the social media inhabiting it. Who would argue with that? I mean, really. Beside ostriches.

But I’m not convinced that the best way to equip students with the ability to negotiate technology is to further attach them to it." …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/08/05/high-school-teacher-im-banning-laptops-in-class-and-not-just-because-they-are-distracting/

Agree with this teacher 100%. Completely distracting and unnecessary. Also, I know that most schools that have implemented “free” iPads as a replacement for books gave replaced almost nothing, and instead spent millions to give kids the ability to play games and be more distracted than before.