Comments on: Students and the Cell Phone Ban http://www.edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Teacher News of the Day | Edwize http://www.edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban/comment-page-1#comment-62010 Teacher News of the Day | Edwize Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:47:11 +0000 http://edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban#comment-62010 [...] New York Daily News, more in the New York Sun, and be sure to read yesterday’s guest blog post on the cell phone ban by Seth Pearce from the NYC Student [...] [...] New York Daily News, more in the New York Sun, and be sure to read yesterday’s guest blog post on the cell phone ban by Seth Pearce from the NYC Student [...]

]]> By: NYC Student Union » We Did It! http://www.edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban/comment-page-1#comment-62009 NYC Student Union » We Did It! Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:07:15 +0000 http://edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban#comment-62009 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] response to yesterday’s ruling, Edwize- the UFT blog and the Inside Schools Blog both referenced the NYC Student Union’s actions against the [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] response to yesterday’s ruling, Edwize- the UFT blog and the Inside Schools Blog both referenced the NYC Student Union’s actions against the [...]

]]> By: greek625 http://www.edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban/comment-page-1#comment-62008 greek625 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:06:40 +0000 http://edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban#comment-62008 We had the same policy as hippogriffinator's schools: out of sight and turned off. At the same time, the teachers who had the best handle on this policy were the ones who were absolutely strict about it: any cell phone seen or heard (morning and afternoon homeroom were the exceptions, when students could store/turn off their phone) was immediately confiscated. This gives students the sense of responsibility that comes with carrying a cell phone. I thought it a sign of responsibility and maturity when one of my 6th graders would raise their hand and quietly tell me they forgot to turn off their phone. The first two times this happened I would allow them to do so quickly and quietly. As far as parents'/students' concern for safety, on a day-to-day basis, I told both that any emergency can be relayed through school phones in the office: if a parent can have their child's cell number stored, they can also have the school's number stored. But we had the sense of safety that if a situtation were ever to arise that needed mass contacting of parents, students would be explicitly allowed to take out phones and call to get picked up. We had the same policy as hippogriffinator’s schools: out of sight and turned off. At the same time, the teachers who had the best handle on this policy were the ones who were absolutely strict about it: any cell phone seen or heard (morning and afternoon homeroom were the exceptions, when students could store/turn off their phone) was immediately confiscated. This gives students the sense of responsibility that comes with carrying a cell phone. I thought it a sign of responsibility and maturity when one of my 6th graders would raise their hand and quietly tell me they forgot to turn off their phone. The first two times this happened I would allow them to do so quickly and quietly.

As far as parents’/students’ concern for safety, on a day-to-day basis, I told both that any emergency can be relayed through school phones in the office: if a parent can have their child’s cell number stored, they can also have the school’s number stored. But we had the sense of safety that if a situtation were ever to arise that needed mass contacting of parents, students would be explicitly allowed to take out phones and call to get picked up.

]]> By: hippogriffinator http://www.edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban/comment-page-1#comment-62001 hippogriffinator Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:06:01 +0000 http://edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban#comment-62001 My school "allowed" students to carry phones but entrusted them to maintain a "hear no evil/see no evil" situation. This allowed students to feel validated as thinking, responsible individuals. However, the fact of the matter is that students don't need to have their phones ON or IN-USE in school. If this message could be impressed on administrators, we'd be in pretty good shape. Admins will never win to ban cell phones from schools; however, compromise is not only possible but effective. My school “allowed” students to carry phones but entrusted them to maintain a “hear no evil/see no evil” situation. This allowed students to feel validated as thinking, responsible individuals. However, the fact of the matter is that students don’t need to have their phones ON or IN-USE in school. If this message could be impressed on administrators, we’d be in pretty good shape. Admins will never win to ban cell phones from schools; however, compromise is not only possible but effective.

]]> By: bluedaisy http://www.edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban/comment-page-1#comment-62000 bluedaisy Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:39:08 +0000 http://edwize.org/students-and-the-cell-phone-ban#comment-62000 It's great that the City Council has allowed students to carry their phones with them to and from school, but how feasible it is to require schools to hold them during classes? I wonder if it might place an undue burden on the individual schools, as the City Council doesn't seem to give any recommendations as to HOW this plan should be implemented. Yet, the decision is a step forward in the right direction. I only hope that it is an effective solution. It’s great that the City Council has allowed students to carry their phones with them to and from school, but how feasible it is to require schools to hold them during classes? I wonder if it might place an undue burden on the individual schools, as the City Council doesn’t seem to give any recommendations as to HOW this plan should be implemented.
Yet, the decision is a step forward in the right direction. I only hope that it is an effective solution.

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