‘Eyes up, screens down’: Victoria restricts tech in high school classrooms to two hours a day in national first
Academic says laptops have ‘completely overtaken’ traditional note-taking and research other states should ‘absolutely’ follow the state’s lead Follow our Australia news live blog for
Academic says laptops have ‘completely overtaken’ traditional note-taking and research other states should ‘absolutely’ follow the state’s lead Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victorian secondary school students will spend less time on screens and more time using pen and paper under a national-first plan to limit classroom device use to two hours a day.
The Victorian government on Monday announced that all state secondary schools will be required to incorporate planned device-free learning time in their teaching programs from
term 1, 2027. This could include “using whiteboards or paper, group debates, practical experiments or performances instead”, the government said. Continue reading...
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