Am I the only person who is not offended when a cell phone rings or when a student leaves class for a few minutes? Are we Tiger Woods standing over a 2 foot putt at the Master's? Is it really that big of a distraction? When these things happen in my class I simply ignore it and continue teaching. If it happened consistently (and it never has) then I would talk to the student after class rather than embarrassing them in front of the whole class (or calling security!).
Royce Simpson, Ph.D Associate Professor of Psychology Spring Hill College [EMAIL PROTECTED] 251.380.3043 The sun is the same in the relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death -- Roger Waters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Brandon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:27 AM Subject: RE: Hats and caps in class:cell phones & pagers > 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 * > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
