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I tell them to put it away, and they keep playing with it, I leave their names for the teacher. If there is a video being shown, and the phone is the only thing keeping the kid quiet, I say nothing.

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Ze Povinho On 1/28/15, pixie wrote: > I tell them to put it away, and they keep playing with > it, I leave their names for the teacher. If there is a > video being shown, and the phone is the only thing > keeping the kid quiet, I say nothing. > > [link removed]

In the district I used to be, I was required to take away phones-it was ...See More
Jan 28, 2015
pixie Ze, You accurately described the situation that we are dealing with. I can only add two particulary obnoxious uses of phones that are impossible to ignore: using the phone surreptitiously as a remote to disrupt DVD player, projector, laptop, etc., and using the phone to activate a small "blue tooth" speaker that has been cleverly hidden i...See More
Jan 28, 2015
Math Teach I've had kids dial up my classroom number repeatedly. I would answer the phone, and surprise! No one was on the other end of the phone.

1/28/15, pixie wrote: > Ze, You accurately described the situation that we are > dealing with. I can only add two particulary obnoxious uses > of phones that are impossible to ignore: using the p...See More
Jan 29, 2015
BJ When I taught in Philly, kids would make calls in class.
One time I got so frustrated I grabbed a boy's phone and
threw it into the corridor. He mom camplained to the
principal and I had to explain my self. I thought it was
ridiculous.

I let high school students use them as long as they're not
filming or taking photos. Most...See More
Feb 5, 2015


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