[K12OSN] OT - Cell phones

[James P. Kinney III]

I prefer the "wallpaper every room with grounded foil so no radio waves
enter the space" method myself. I've seen teachers take personal calls
in front of their class. Students at a college I taught at were caught
using cell phone cameras to send the test to a friend with notes.
Answers were sent back by text message. I had them expelled.

Realistically, the cell phone for kids is so their parents can keep that
leash while allowing some freedoms. It's always argued that "if little
Johnny needs to get in touch with mommy..." but it's always used for
endless kids phone drivel (Has anyone ever listened to the conversations
of a teenager?!).

I implemented a policy in my college classes of taking my phone off at
the start of class and visibly turning it OFF, not just silent, and
after the first time the majority of students did the same. During
exams, any cell phone that rings or buzzes was an automatic F. As no one
in a classroom in K12 has responsibilities for emergency action other
than notified by the intercom, the instant access by cell phone is a bad
idea as it is just a major disruption of thought process.
</rant>
On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 07:03 -0400, Ryan Collins wrote:
> Accessys at smart.net wrote:
> > maybe every desk needs a "cell phone" holster into which everyone puts
> > their phone during class....maybe it hangs on the side of the desk.
> > 
> > of course then you have a gazillion forgotten phones to deal with.
> 
> This goes along with a solution I came up with last fall:
> http://ryancollins.org/u/11
> 
> "Require all cell phones to be on a lanyard at all times when on a 
> student. This removes the secrecy of the cell phone while making it a 
> lot easier for teachers to monitor inappropriate cell phone use. The 
> cell phone must always stay on the lanyard, even when in use."
> 
> -- 
> Ryan Collins - Technology Coordinator - Kenton City Schools
> 
> Summer Summit Workshop:
> Workshop: Wed., June 25 (8:45am-4:00pm) Linux thin-clients for the win!
> http://ryancollins.org/u/w
> 
> _______________________________________________
> K12OSN mailing list
> K12OSN at redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn
> For more info see <http://www.k12os.org>
-- 
James P. Kinney III          
CEO & Director of Engineering 
Local Net Solutions,LLC                           
http://www.localnetsolutions.com

GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics)
<jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7


-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.