Back to school – cell phone free

My two oldest kids started grades 10 and 11 in September. As usual, they took their smartphones with them the first day.

When they arrived home, I asked them how their classes had went, and they said that every single class had talked about the Ontario government’s new policy about cell phones in school – that is, that cell phones are to be used only for educational purposes, or health or special needs, during class time.

Cell Phones and Texting, Digital Health, Excessive Internet Use

Tourism 11

Curriculum Competencies

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Applied Design

Understanding context

  • Engage in consumer-centred research and empathetic observation

Defining

Computer Programming 11

Competencies

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Applied Design

Understanding context

  • Conduct user-centred research to understand design opportunities and barriers

Defining

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Film and Television 11

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Explore and create

  • Develop film or television projects for an intended audience or with an intended message
  • Explore historical and contemporary Canadian film and television, and emerging media

Reason and reflect

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Graphic Arts 11

 

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Explore and create

Media Arts 11

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Explore and create

Photography 11

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Explore and create

  • Take creative risks to express meaning, intent, and emotion through photography
  • Intentionally select and combine materials, processes, and image-making technologies to convey ideas
  • Create photographic images for a specific audience

Communicate and document

British Columbia - English Language Arts 11-12 - English Composition 11

Curricular Competencies

Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively to be able to:

Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Studio Arts 2D 11

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Explore and create

  • Intentionally select and combine materials, processes, and technologies to convey ideas

Reason and reflect

  • Describe and analyze, using discipline-specific language, how artists use materials, technologies, processes, and environments in 2D art making

Communicate and document

Studio Arts 3D 11

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Explore and create

  • Explore artistic possibilities and take creative risks
  • Intentionally select and combine materials, processes, and technologies to convey ideas
  • Demonstrate active engagement in creating artistic works and resolving creative challenges

Reason and reflect