Wow! I can't believe this is such a problem; I tell my students on the
first day
of class no cell phones, and put it in my syllabus just as simply as that and
viola, no cell phones! I have been the most guilty of forgetting to turn off
the dang thing. I like Louis' idea--any old excuse for donuts. Yum.
Annette
Quoting Jeffry Ricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Oct 21, 2005, at 4:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, as this is a pet peeve of mine, I'll bite. Sometime last year
this topic was discussed on TIPS and I remember posting an earlier
version of my cell phone policy which, after some modifications
based on your valuable feedback, now works like a charm.
I noticed that, after I began to clamp down on cell-phone
interruptions, students simply increased their use of semaphore-flag
communication, which (at least to me) seems a bit more distracting
than ringing cell phones.
I'd forbid the use of flag-based communication devices but I'm afraid
that, if I do this, the students simply will switch to using Morse
code and telegraphs. I just know that the clickety-clackety sounds
will drive me nuts. I don't know what to do!
Aronson hit the nail right on the head when he referred to us as "the
social animal."
Jeff
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