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Some Schools Actually Want Students To Play With Their Smartphones In Class

NPR

If there is one thing that the mobile-computing era has made clear, it's that kids love touch screens. Because those touch screens -- smartphones, iPads, Kindles and the like -- are an inevitable added distraction to the classroom, schools across the country are struggling to deal with the growing prevalence of the technology. But a growing number of schools are embracing these hand-held, Internet-ready devices by creating policies that put them to use in the classroom.


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