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In your classes what do you do when students pull out their iPhone, iPod, 3DS (as they inevitably do). Do you let it slide, or make a giant fuss etc Do you even see it as a problem & if you do what would you do to resolve it ?
No way in all thats worth living for would I allow that in a classroom. Why even have a class at all then? INSIST the phone be off no exceptions until class is dismissed, and make that class something those brats will remember the rest of their lives. This is your time to shine it's your dam career! Make it worth a life and do it right; come down hard and fast on these kids now or they will end up in drug rehabs and interment camps. For heavens sake every economist in the country says we've got another major downturn ahead, most of these kids will never work in any chosen field! You have to make them wake up to reality and get some discipline. NO CELL PHONES, and if I ever sign up for any class that allows such a heinous acts while I'm trying to learn in a one on one, actually show up for class and get a degree at 2000 a credit, I'll be damed if I'm going to tolerate that. Id drop class first day. You can get a degree today from Harvard extension school online and thousands of other colleges today, then they can yack on their cell phones all they want, at home, while I'm trying to do it the real way in a hopefully inspirational classroom environment!
I tell them to put it away but since I'm not allowed to take it from them, unless they voluntarily give it to me, I can't really do anything about it. I can ask for the device but if they don't give it to me the office will do nothing other than tell them they should hand it over next time so the penalty is less for not handing to me than it is for handing it to me. If they hand it to me, I take it to the office and a parent has to come pick it up. This is one loop hole our kids quickly learn and use to their advantage.
I'm not a teacher but i would let the class know that the classroom is a cellphone free zone,
If i catch you using one i'll invite you to leave the class for the rest of the period..
I'm not a teacher but i would let the class know that the classroom is a cellphone free zone,
If i catch you using one i'll invite you to leave the class for the rest of the period..
If only I had administration that would support that.
I cant believe that it would be ok for kids to chatter on their cell phones in class.. but then again at 65yrs old its been a long time since i was in school,i guess things have changed..
I cant believe that it would be ok for kids to chatter on their cell phones in class.. but then again at 65yrs old its been a long time since i was in school,i guess things have changed..
I'm with you! I graduated HS in '63 and 'back then' we were expected to respect authority, do our classwork/homework, not talk in class, etc. And, being sent to the Principal's office not something any of us wanted; and if it did happen, our parents would definitely let us know we needed to straighten up. Being a teacher in today's world is not anything I'd wish on anyone.
The rules for mobile devices in the classrooms will vary depending on the district, the school, and the teacher. You'll find OP that you'll get tons of different responses.
If you are referring to K-12 education, we have had teachers who went so far as to confiscate phones if they saw them... to teachers who could care less and had a "if the kid wants to learn it's their business" attitude. It's really been all over the place.
At the college level, what we have experienced most often are instructors who don't care - it's up to you to learn and if you waste your time allowing yourself to be distracted by your phone and you do poorly in that class that's your business.
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