I was reading Michelle's message to my officemate. She replied, "I did that!" She had her husband call. "Oh not much, what are you up to? What do you think we should do for dinner?" And so on. The students got the point, and it stopped the problem.
-- Sue Frantz Highline Community College Psychology Des Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://flightline.highline.ctc.edu/sfrantz/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Michelle Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:19 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: cell phones and pagers > > > So far, I haven't had *too* much of an issue with this...but > I've thought if the cell phone thing ever gets to be a > problem, it might get the point across to get a confederate to call me > mid-class one day on my cell phone, then answer it while > standing in front of the class: "Oh, hi...Not much, what > about you?" Yak for a minute or so, then hang up. Might be > one way to > dramatize the "turn it off/set it to vibrate/take it outside" policy. > > Then again, the day will probably come when I really do > forget to turn the phone off during class and end up getting > a call! Maybe we should all have a beginning-of-class ritual > where we turn > them silent in unison. > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
