Schools in France have continued to enforce a total data ban in class for students younger than 15 years of age. Older students have the option of using data, at the discretion of the instructor. Learn more…
Question Journal: Prompt #1
Texting under the table should be a thing of the past after French children returned to class Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools.
Is it a good idea to ban data use in class, why or why not?
How one person kicked their Cell phone use:
Question Journal: Prompt #2
“There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering,” the French novelist Victor Hugo wrote in his book Les Misérables in 1862. “A hell of boredom.”
New research continues to point out that an important side effect of being bored is enhanced creativity. Learn more…
How creative are you?
What is creativity?
Who is the most creative scientist that you know about?
Who is the most creative person you know?
When you’re bored, you’re tapping into your unconscious brain, picking up long-lost memories and connecting ideas.
It is this ability to fully access our knowledge, memories, experiences, and imagination that helps lead us to those precious “lightbulb” moments when we least expect them, according to Amy Fries, author of Daydreams at Work: Wake Up Your Creative Powers.
