[Phys-L] Re: suudent problems wireless in class

[rtarara at SAINTMARYS.EDU (Rick Tarara)]

There is a simple solution here:  Simply make it a class rule that if you
see, hear, or otherwise detect a cell-phone in your classroom, it is yours
for the next 24 hours.  I had ZERO incidents in the first semester despite
the fact that the things have become integral appendages growing from almost
all of my student's ears.  In a large class, deputize teaching assistants to
seize phones.

Rick
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Richard W. Tarara
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Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, Indiana
rtarara@saintmarys.edu
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Edmiston, Mike" <edmiston@BLUFFTON.EDU>
To: <PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: suudent problems wireless in class


> It doesn't have to be laptops or PDAs or other high-tech stuff.  It can
> be cell phones.
>
> My daughter is a freshman in college, and she occasionally sends text
> messages from her cell phone to my cell phone.  One day when her message
> included "<abc> class sure is boring today" I realized I was mostly
> getting messages about the same time each day, and they were coming
> during the time she is in a particular class.
>
> I messaged back that she shouldn't send me text messages while she is
> supposed to be paying attention in class.  She messaged back, "OK, there
> are plenty of others I can send messages to."
>
> Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.
> Professor of Chemistry and Physics
> Bluffton University
> Bluffton, OH 45817
> (419)-358-3270
> edmiston@bluffton.edu