Students may love to text and surf the web on their cellphones, but a survey shows those handheld devices may not be the best tools in class.
The results of the first-ever survey of teens in the Ontario Student Survey found about 72 per cent of respondents do not think cellphones have a place in the classroom as an educational tool.
The survey found students from the Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board were least positive about cellphones as an education tool, with only 19 per cent of respondents voting in favour of them.
Students at the Greater Essex County District School Board were the most supportive, with about 38 per cent of respondents voting in favour of using cellphones as educational tools.
Locally, 32 per cent of students from the Toronto District School Board voted yes while about 28 per cent of students from the Toronto District Catholic School Board voted for cellphones in the classroom.
In total, 2656 Ontario students responded to the survey representing 69 of 72 school boards in the province.
