UNPLUGGED: AN IMPACTFUL WAY TO PUT THE PHONES DOWN


There has always been distraction in the classroom. Anyone who has ever stood before a room of students knows the challenge in capturing young people’s attention, writes Emily Sullivan, Halcyon London International School.


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Above: students from Halcyon London International School


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he low murmur of a conversation between peers that lingers or a note passed between


neighbouring desks. The root of distraction is visible. These distractions still rear their head in classrooms today, but they have been accompanied by an even more common interruption. One that draws our students’ attention


out of the classroom to something or someone much further away. Today, a student can be physically present and still be somewhere else entirely. This time not with a table mate, but chasing a notification from a device that is so enticing that even our most compelling teachers can’t compete. We are living and working in the most connected era in human history; devices are


no longer “nice to have,” they’re woven into the fabric of our lives. Halcyon London International


School has always positioned itself as a tech forward school, and is recognised as a Google Reference school. As such, we are working to strike the balance between preparing students for a digital world and preserving the very human connections that make education


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