Like a sociological experiment, some private schools are joining the movement to completely ban cell phones. In the school setting, the competition for students' attention has become a central issue. Perhaps this approach aims to recapture, even if only in a fragmented way, some of the attention that teachers used to generate during a linear, structured, and organic teaching process. Nothing could be further from current approaches: network-based, iterative, and serendipitous.

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