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



My feeling is that cheating is wrong -- always has been, always will be.
Make policies clear that it will not be tolerated. Expel them from school
-- make it a deterrent.

Forum for Physics Educators <PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu> on Friday, December
10, 2004 at 2:24 PM -0500 wrote:
I thought "in loco parentis" ended w/ the fifties in colleges and
Universities. HS is different; it has always been and will continue to
be child minding. My attitude is, if they cheat it's training for the
business world; if they don't listen because they're text msgng, etc.,
they'll do poorly. Tough that's their decision.


bc


p.s. An exception, if their behavior interferes in the "learning" of
another, out.


Rick Tarara wrote:


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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----- 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