Beth, My phone does do the text messaging beep even with the incoming call alert turned off. I've done this in my class. I've explained to them that cell phone use is disruptive of the classroom functioning (which is forbidden in the student handbook) and that they lose points if they use their phone during class. So that we can still receive the University emergency alerts, I leave my phone on. I've told them if it rings during class for anything other than an emergency alert, everyone in class gets a few extra credit points. I've only had to dock one student and I've had to award the extra credit twice (once when my cell company sent me a text ad and once today when my son texted just to say hi). Larry ************************************************************ Larry Z. Daily Associate Professor of Psychology Psychology Department Chair Department of Psychology Free School Shepherd University Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443 Psychology phone: (304) 876-5297 email: lda...@shepherd.edu WWW: http://webpages.shepherd.edu/LDAILY/index.html Adam's prize was open eyes His sentence was to see - The Dreamer - Tom Rush
________________________________ From: Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com] Sent: Sat 10/31/2009 10:57 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Text Messaging in Class I ask students to turn their phones off, and I tell them I will keep mine on, but on "Vibrate only," because I THINK it will still make the Text Message beep, so that if a security alert is sent out (we had one a couple of nights ago - thankfully all was okay), but now I'm wondering. Does anyone know if the phone will still make its beep for a Text, or would that be on vibrate too? I may have to experiment a little... Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Ken Steele <steel...@appstate.edu> wrote: Paul C Bernhardt wrote: This policy could be a problem at many schools, including ours, that use a text alert system in case of a lock-down or other emergency, you have to assure the students (I put it in the syllabus, also) that you will have your phone in the class in case an emergency message is sent. I take out my phone each class and put it on the desk in plain view. If my phone buzzes/lights up I glance at it to see what the message is. There has been an amusing (to someone on the sidelines) turn of events at ASU. Various faculty groups have been working on a cell-phone policy for a number of years regarding issues of consequences for failure to turn off a cell phone during class. Then ASU rolled out a bally-hooed text alert system that tried to enroll all people on campus following the Virginia Tech tragedy. Currently we have the two groups in conflict. The former group wants cell phones turned off in class. The latter group wants cell phones turned on in class so that students can receive an alert. The proposed policies now read like credit-card agreements, with enough loopholes and escape clauses, that any action is simultaneously approved and disapproved. Ken --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu <http://www.psych.appstate.edu/> Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
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