‘Eyes up, screens down’: Victoria restricts tech in high school classrooms to two hours a day in national first

“Academic says laptops have ‘completely overtaken’ traditional note-taking and research other states should ‘absolutely’ follow the state’s lead Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victorian secondary school students will spend less time on screens and more time using pen and paper under a national-first plan to limit classroom device use to two hours a day. The Victorian government on Monday announced that all state secondary schools will be required to incorporate planned device-free learning time in their teaching programs from term 1, 2027. This could include “using whiteboards or paper, group debates, practical experiments or performances instead”, the government said. Continue reading...

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