A new back-to-school poll from SodaHead found that
attitudes about digital device usage in schools are changing. Nearly 75% of
respondents were against banning cellphones from school property and 31% felt
laptops should be allowed in high school classrooms.
SodaHead is a polling site that allows people to share their opinions on topics ranging from entertainment
and gossip to education and politics. While the school survey questions are a
bit vague, opinions expressed on the polls may be helpful to track trends of
the young people the site targets.
Just 27% of the more than
2,000 respondents were in favor of banning cellphones, with 41% willing to let
students bring them to school, if they are off during class time. Texting
during class didn’t fare well, with 52% voting no and another 31% saying it should be
allowed only during an emergency.
When it came to tablet
computers, 29% felt they should be permitted in high school and 21% would like
to see them used in middle school. Thirty-one percent of respondents would allow
laptops in high school, with another 25% willing to allow them in middle
school.
Views on replacing
printed textbooks with e-books were mixed, with 30% approving of the idea, 34% saying
no, and 36% saying they would like to see e-books introduced in some
classrooms, but not all.
The poll remains open to
anyone interested in participating.
