In Ontario and the Netherlands, phone bans in classrooms are gaining traction—but does banning the device truly address the deeper issue? The reality: phones can be powerful tools for connection and learning, yet they’re often designed to distract. Rather than simply eliminate the device, the key is creating conditions where intentional use, focus and meaning can thrive.

We partner with your institution in four phases: survey & interview to establish a baseline, kick-off digital-wellness education for students and staff, run a 4-week challenge, and provide ongoing resources to build a thriving campus culture.

At one pilot initiative, phone-boxes and conversation cards placed in a major university common area created space for students to unplug, engage deeply, and reclaim their presence. The experiment helped build new norms by making it socially acceptable—not just possible—to set phones aside and focus on face-to-face connection.

Small changes can lead to big gains—one student found that just tweaking a minor digital habit freed up meaningful time and space. JOMO(campus) focuses on these simple shifts to help students reclaim focus, presence and joy.

At one pilot initiative at Virginia Tech, a multi-phase rollout brought together classroom lessons, residential challenges and phone-‘boxes’. The results are strong: 73.8% of students adopted new digital-well-being practices, over half used the JOMO (box) station in the dining hall, and the campus was named the world’s first ‘Digitally Well University’. Our layered approach — aligning curriculum, environment and habits — is working to shift culture.

JOMO Campus founder Christina Crook is sounding the alarm on the mental-health impacts of excessive screen time. With smartphone and social-media use linked to anxiety, depression, and loneliness, she encourages families to start small—turn off notifications, put phones away during gatherings, and rebuild real connection one moment at a time.

Digital-well-being expert Christina Crook highlights how campuses like Virginia Tech are embracing culture change—not just banning phones, but teaching students how to use tech with intention. Small shifts lead to big impact.

In partnership with CBC, JOMO Campus CEO Christina Crook addresses how platforms like TikTok shape youth behaviour—and why building mindful, balanced tech-habits matters more than ever.