[technothrasher]

At my son's school, they all have to put the phones in the 'phone hotel' at the beginning of the day and pick them up at the end. Sorta worked, until the kids all just started bringing in old phones to drop in the phone hotel and keep their actual phones with them. That and the Apple watches and chromebooks mean pretty much no kid has any trouble doing whatever they want even without their phones.

[seanmcdirmid]

What could you actually do with an Apple Watch though? Sounds like a better solution if you really need a communication link that isn’t as distracting as a smart phone. Texting is still possible, just not very convenient.

[Macha]

Do students these days learn to text without seeing the screen? It strikes me as more difficult to do with a touch screen, but we used to do it with T9 phones back in the day.

[throwaway50603]

Try SwiftKey... Not the same but I can do it without looking that much - and one-handed.

[technothrasher]

Yes, texting. They text amongst their friends who are in different classes.

[seanmcdirmid]

Parental control the watch's functionality during school hours to just calling or texting 911 and mom/dad?