After more than 15 years of laptops in the classroom, do Australian schools need a rethink?
‘We don’t want distraction, we want concentration’: many teachers and parent groups think its time for a ‘digital detox’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Earlier this month, the federal education minister, Jason Clare, took to Facebook.
“When I was a kid there was a computer room at school.
Now they are everywhere.
From morning till night,” he wrote .
“I think there is a good argument our kids need a digital detox.” Since that post, as the minister told ABC News Breakfast last week, he has been “inundated” with support from parents and teachers.
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