Across the nation, we've seen a growing number of cellphone bans in school districts, including in the Greater Baltimore region.

But you rarely hear about it at the university level.

A class at the University of Maryland in College Park has been trying it out this semester.

However, it goes further than cellphones. It requires students to put away all of their technology.

The professor and the students say it's been changed for the better.

Putting it all away

At first, Sara Herald's Strategies for Innovation in Entrepreneurship (SMLP) class seems like any other. In the session WJZ attended, students used their laptops and phones to take a quiz.

But as soon as they're done, it all gets put away. Laptops are put in backpacks, while phones and smartwatches are put in Yonder pouches.

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