I've begun to include the following paragraph on the syllabus of all of my classes:
Classroom courtesy is essential. Students who attend class are motivated to learn and are annoyed when other students engage in disruptive behavior. Cell phones, beepers, chatting with friends, rattling newspapers and cracking food wrappers, and similar behaviors are annoying and distracting to other students. Please respect the right of each student to hear the lecture and participate in class discussion. Turn off all cell phones and beepers during class (or put them on �buzz� and sit near the door if you cannot protect your time and must be available to the outside world during class). If you must respond to a call or feel the need to converse with a classmate, please leave the room so that your activities will not disrupt class or interfere with the attention of other students. At 03:47 PM 1/29/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Not for the first time, a student answered a cell phone in class. Her reply >on my "Don't do that!" was, "I have children and will answer the phone >whenever I want." Each time I have directed the student to go outside with >their cell phone business. So I am considering putting up a sign such as, >"If the cell phone stored in your pocket vibrates a signal, answer it >outside the classroom," or something equally droll. Does anyone else have >a policy/procedure (i.e., caution in the syllabus or sign in the classroom) >to handle this situation. > >Joann Jelly > ________________________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology Phone: (850) 474 - 3163 University of West Florida FAX: (850) 857 - 6060 Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Web: http://www.uwf.edu/psych/stanny.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
