myrmepropagandist@futurebird@sauropods.win
@archroadkill@mastodon.social
I'm a teacher and I've taken kids on camping trips. They all had their phones. We told them that this was meant to be an offline time and their phones would need to stay in their bags.
I had to tell two students to put them away and threaten to take the phone of one who did it again. Some of them used their phones in their sleeping bags after lights out, but most didn't. I didn't bother to enforce that one since during the day they forget the phones even existed.
myrmepropagandist@futurebird@sauropods.win
@archroadkill@mastodon.social
I do think there can be something freeing and wonderful about "disconnecting" but I don't think one really feels it if someone else is forcing you to do it.
This trip was middle school. The seniors decided that they didn't want any phone use on their bus ride as we let them decide what rules they wanted for their class trip. (up to a point)