Educators Say Students Spending Big Time on Mobiles During Study.

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According to a survey of 446 educators from around the world who teach in grades K-16. The results of the survey these issues at the International Society for Technology in Education's national conference this week.

46% percent of educators surveyed said they were distracted by student use of mobiles and tablets, during class or tuition. 90% percent believe their students multi task during instructional time, meaning that they are on their devices when they are supposed to be paying attention to a lesson.Teachers had a wide variety of ideas about how to fix the problem. About 31% suggested students should just turn their devices off, while about a quarter supported giving students a break during class to check their devices. Just 3 percent said there was no need to take action to limit the use of devices.In general, older students were more likely to be on their mobiles or tablets during study than their younger counterparts, possibly because high schoolers are more likely to have their own mobile device.

As an educator, I think what's important is that they have training on how to use tech in a smart way. We need to have consistent policies across our schools, you can't have some people doing one thing and some people doing another thing. You have to have clear expectations that go across the board.