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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at Yorktown and remind my students every day at the start of class that cell phones, laptops and AirPods are to be put away. I have a little crate that I ask students to leave their phones in when they do have their phones anywhere that I can see them. The only time I want to see their phones is when they go to the restroom. They must show them to me and leave them in the classroom. I don't want students meeting up in the halls or dillydallying.

Devices don't come out when kids are done with their work. They are pointed to the page numbers of what they could be studying and the rows of books they could be reading in my classroom. I do let them use their devices in the middle of our blocks when I give them a 3-5 minute break. However, I also encourage them to stop being "screenagers" and go talk to a friend in the classroom. When students ask if they can put in their AirPods and listen to music, I remind them that I play the music.

I've been a whole lot stricter this year about devices in general. I think it's working! There are no fights, and the rules are very clear. The one kid that wanted to argue about it was invited to speak to me about it after school. He declined.

I don't think what I've been doing would have worked when I taught in DC or Alexandria. Those kids would have sworn at me (both places), hit me (Alexandria - was asked if I wanted to press charges) or threatened to bring the other males in the household to come beat me up (DC - received no support from admin). The kids I've had at Yorktown have been FANTASTIC![/quote]

You sound like a wonderful teacher! I just don’t understand why students have to have their phone at all during the day. Can’t they hand them in at the beginning of the day (or keep them in their lockers)? Then they can have their phone back at the end of the day. I just wish there was a no cell phone policy. I understand that parents want to check on their snowflakes during the day or are worried about the very unlikely event of a school shooting. But getting kids of screens, forcing them to socialize with the humans in around of them, sounds like a better policy. [/quote]

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