Obligatory Restriction of Personal Technology in the Classroom: A Retrospective Analysis and Potential Approach

Students in China work on the highly acclaimed Mac OS. Photo by Anja Merilainen

The late twentieth and twenty-first century has given rise to countless technological innovations (Britannica). These technologies have sped up the rate of information exchange throughout the world (Dublon and Paradiso 2014, Schlesinger 1971). Furthermore, the commercial output of such devices has…