Just when schools finally figured out how to deal with students’ cellphones, a new classroom distraction is emerging: smartwatches.
Parents have opted to send students to school with child-friendly wearables like Verizon ’s GizmoWatch, and even Apple Watches, as a less-distracting alternative to cellphones. But educators say that students are using their watches to cut class or text friends—sometimes with cheating in mind—and still more are distracted by the notifications buzzing on their wrists.
