I use a trick I picked up from Robt. Sternberg. When someone's cellphone
goes off I say, "Tell my mother I'm too busy to talk right now." This seems
to convey the message that this is an intolerable interruption of class.
don
Donald McBurney
University of Pittsburgh
BTW, I don't tolerate reading newspapers, books from other classes etc. I
try to walk as close to the offender as I can get, and quietly indicate that
the book should be put away. Often I accomplish this with a gesture only.
Rod Hetzel wrote:
> When cell phones ring in my class, I simply stop class and wait for the
> person to answer their phone and complete their phone call. When they
> finish their phone call I ask them to please turn off their phone. This
> is usually embarrassing to the person who has received the phone call
> and communicates to the entire class that our class time is important
> and our class requires the full participation and involvement of
> *everyone* in the class. I usually take the same approach to students
> who pass notes (didn't students stop doing that in high school?) and
> talk to each other during class. This approach has worked well for me
> and I rarely have cell phones ringing or students gossiping while we are
> in class. In the rare event that this approach has not worked, I've
> just talked to the students after class and that seems to have fixed the
> problem.
>
> ______________________________________________
> Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of Psychology
> LeTourneau University
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> American Psychological Association
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Harry Avis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:14 PM
> > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> > Subject: RE: Hats and caps in class:cell phones & pagers
> >
> >
> > I am not sure why but this is a frequent problem in our
> > classes. I have
> > found that telling students to put the damn thing on buzz or
> > to leave the
> > class to answer calls leads to yet another abuse. In my 34 years of
> > teaching, my bladder has gotten weaker, but I don't think the
> > same is true
> > of the current crop of students. I assume that someone
> > leaving my class is
> > (a) in dire need of the restroom or (b) deeply offended. In the past
> > students leaving class occured only very occasionally.
> > Recently I have two
> > or three students a class getting up and walking outside to
> > answer their
> > damn cellphones. I expect that many of them simply decided to
> > take a break
> > and many just plain leave the building. Cell phones are an
> > abomination!. I
> > tell my students that they are not to answer cell phones in
> > my class unless
> > they are being paged to be a heart donor.
> >
> >
> > >From: Paul Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences"
> > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: RE: Hats and caps in class:cell phones & pagers
> > >Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:27:47 -0600
> > >
> > >At 3:47 PM -0800 1/29/02, Joann Jelly 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.
> > >
> > >I've only had it happen once so far, but I'm considering a
> > statement in
> > >my syllabus that use of a cell phone in class constitutes a
> > disruptive
> > >activity, and will be treated as such according to University policy
> > >(which means calling Security if necessary).
> > >
> > >* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
> > >* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
> > >* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 *
> > >* http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html *
> > >
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> > Harry Avis PhD
> > Sierra College
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