to teachers ipods and phone are good in class??

[smilingcat]

yes I heard report that having phones to text message and I phones, ipods are good for the student in class. The study says students test performance improved over 20% than those without.

sure right...

the study was conducted or funded by the cell phone companies.

And how did the student improve so much I wonder. Must be texting each other for the answer. Bunch of cheats!!!

This study sounds more like asking the hungry wolves to look over your flock.

shaking my head. Has anyone have the actual link to the study?? I need another slap in the face.

Thanks,
smilingcat

[Karma007]

Bf is a middle school teacher, and has a 0 tolerance policy on phones, etc. on class. He has been known to take them, and return them only to parents.

[eclectic]

yes I heard report that having phones to text message and I phones, ipods are good for the student in class. The study says students test performance improved over 20% than those without.

sure right...

the study was conducted or funded by the cell phone companies.

And how did the student improve so much I wonder. Must be texting each other for the answer. Bunch of cheats!!!

Thanks,
smilingcat

I think that is exactly why test performance improved!

The didn't say what kind of test - if it was for finger dexterity, creative spelling and keying while blindfolded I would say the results would have improved 100% - they must have tested the wrong thing to only get 20%.

Our school has a zero tolerance policy of cells in class - we see them/hear them, we confiscate them and they are kept in the office until after school. Habitual offenders have to check their phones in every morning and pick them up after school.

[rocknrollgirl]

Not allowed in my school. The texting KILLS me......and they are so good at it, they can put their hand in their backpack and just text away.

[Andrea]

I teach college, and even though I tell my students that it's rude to text while I'm lecturing, they still do it. I've gotten pretty good at saying "student (name), stop texting" in mid-sentance while I'm lecturing without breaking my rhythm...

[solobiker]

I can't believe people would text during a lecture,....well actually I can. When I was taking neuroanatomy one of my classmates would sit in the front row and knit.:eek: I asked her why she did it and she said she didn't understand a word he said so she figured she would try to accomplish something while she sat there. Very strange and rude.

[Crankin]

At my old school we confiscated the cell phones and they couldn't get them back until the parent came in and got it. Sometimes the kid forgot (if it was an I Pod) and didn't get it back until the end of the year.
Last year when I was subbing, one of my kids was walking down the hall, texting. He was warned. He came into my class and they started working on their writing pieces, or in groups. I snuck over to my computer and checked my email; another teacher had just emailed me that she caught one of her kids texting the one in my class! I sneakily went up to him and said, "Give me the phone, stop texting..." He tried to look innocent, but he handed it over and was amazed that another teacher had relayed this information.

[Aint Doody]

When I was doing the Tour de Palm Springs, I passed a guy who I just thought was riding no hands to maybe stretch out his back. He had his Blackberry in hand and was texting! On a bike ride with 10,000 people on a 2 lane road with traffic!!!!!

[Biciclista]

At my old school we confiscated the cell phones and they couldn't get them back until the parent came in and got it. Sometimes the kid forgot (if it was an I Pod) and didn't get it back until the end of the year.
Last year when I was subbing, one of my kids was walking down the hall, texting. He was warned. He came into my class and they started working on their writing pieces, or in groups. I snuck over to my computer and checked my email; another teacher had just emailed me that she caught one of her kids texting the one in my class! I sneakily went up to him and said, "Give me the phone, stop texting..." He tried to look innocent, but he handed it over and was amazed that another teacher had relayed this information.

:D:D:D:D:cool::cool::cool:

[derailed]

I'm taking night classes, and had to make up a class during the day when the high school kids are there.
I used my phone, the teacher kicked me out of the room.

When no kids were looking, I handed him the phone and said "give me hell!"

At the end of class, he handed me back my phone and tore me a new one; "IF I see you using a phone in MY class again, I'll crush it and you can go tell your parents why you need a new one! Well, you know what I mean!"

Oh, the looks on the kids' faces! If he can do that to an adult, they don't stand a chance!

I'm noticing that the kids who have been texting for a large percent of their lives don't know how to communicate face to face very well. Many of them seem quite lost when addressed. I'm concerned.

[DDH]

They are allowed to have them on their person, but not allowed to have them out nor are they suppose to have them on.
He takes it to school, so he has it to call me if I need to come get him.
It's not a necessity only a convenience, so if he gets' caught doing something wrong, it will be taken.

[SadieKate]

I don't think the use of either one belongs in the classroom, but for this girl texting is the least of her problems.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10166100-71.html

[uforgot]

I don't think the use of either one belongs in the classroom, but for this girl texting is the least of her problems.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10166100-71.html


Well, I really don't care for the attitude of the columnist. She seems to think that the school is unreasonable about the phone. Once she was asked for her phone and refused to give it up, it was no longer about having a phone. That's when she crossed into insubordination, there should be no tolerance for that and I'm sure there is a lot that we haven't heard. I also don't care for the fact that stories like this give teens a bad name. I'd say 99% are good, decent kids. At least the ones that I teach. True, they sometimes make bad decisions, but when I ask something reasonable of them, take your hat off, put the phone away, get back on task, they quickly comply and are respectful. When people find out that I teach high school, they are quick to sympathize because they think that teens are so disrespectful. Not true. I like my students and for the most part are fun, enthusiastic and excited about their world and their futures. Then again, they don't live with me, I send them on their way after 50 minutes, so their parents are usually surprised when I tell them how much I enjoy their kids.

[DirtDiva]

We have a sort of unofficial "don't ask don't tell" policy at my school (full primary; 5-12/13 year olds). It's fine for phones to be in bags or whatever, but they don't come into the classroom and they are confiscated if a kid is found using one before 3pm (end of the school day) and a parent has to come and get the phone from the office. iPods and such are the individual teacher's call. Generally speaking, those of us who teach the older kids are a little more lenient, and it's probably because so many of our kids own them by then. For example, in my class it's fine for the kids to listen to mp3 players on bus trips and to listen (through headphones!) to Jango or something similar if they are typing up something on the computer. We do make it very clear to students that any iPods and such that they bring in are entirely their own responsibility and that if they should happen to get broken/lost/stolen, well, tough.