In this episode, Mark Erlenwein & Bob Wolf discuss the implications of a looming cell phone ban in schools across the country and whether or not the students are prepared for life without phones in schools. Bob and Mark talking about how Mark's school has a class titles "Talknology" which all 9th graders must take focusing on Social / Soft Skills and Oracy (Speaking) skills, and how it has been successful at Staten Island Technical High School in countering the challenges of the social skills gap caused by mobile technologies and increasing digital noise that is crippling attention spans and social norms.