Smart Devices & HatsWhy have I included this section with this webpage?
The topic of this website is authentic student engagement. Of course, the opposite of engagement is dis-engagement and one of the surest ways that I have observed to dis-engage someone is to have rules that don't make fit with the world our students live in. Mobile technology is a part of our world and has great potential to engage students. |
Smart Devices can be used as
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Rationale for allowing use in schools
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Rationale for allowing hats in school |
Reasons for Allowing Hats to be Worn in Schools
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Resources
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Raby, Rebecca. 2012. School rules: obedience, discipline, and elusive democracy. Toronto: ON. University of Toronto Press.
Thornberg, Robert. (2008a). ‘It’s not fair!’ - voicing pupils’ criticisms of school rules. Children and Society 22:418-28. Williams, Mary M. (1993) Actions speak louder than words: what students think. Educational Leadership 51 (3):22-4. |