Office Depot Rewarding College Students Who Resist Their Smartphones During Class

"… The office supply chain says it’s teamed up with an app called Pocket Points for the new program, which lets them earn points that can be redeemed for coupons that can be used on school and dorm supplies in Office Depot’s online store.

To demonstrate the need for such anti-distraction efforts, the chain points to a 2013 University of Nebraska-Lincoln study that says college students spend about 20% of their class time using digital devices for unrelated activities." …

https://consumerist.com/2016/09/09/office-depot-rewarding-college-students-who-resist-their-smartphones-during-class/