The smartphone can be a major distraction, but it is in the classroom whether we want it or not. Every student has one, even in our partner K-12 schools, where most pupils qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. I learned this while speaking to elementary students in a summer program at the Tufts veterinary school. To differentiate engineering from science, I asked them to define each, working in teams of two or three. One student delivered an impressively detailed definition with great confidence. I must have looked surprised, because he happily raised his phone. For his generation, that's where facts and definitions are found.
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