This is probably an urban mtyh….but
I heard a story of a teacher that got a pickle jar…..filled it with water….went to the cell phone store….and got some old, recycled phones…..and put them in the jar…..she would cart the jar to class and put it on her desk
She said to her students….your phone rings….goes in the jar…..I catch you on the phone when you are not supposed to be….in the jar
She never drowned a students cell phone….but she got their attention
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But seriously
State your rules clearly….when a student contravenes them…..with a bit of ceremony….take their iRAT and tear it up…..you typically don't ever get a chance to tear up a second one…..
JIm
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From: Thomas DeWitt <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Reply-To: Thomas DeWitt <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Friday, September 20, 2013 12:45 PM
To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: Re: RATs, talking and cell phone use
Kristina,
I don't allow the use of electronic devices AT ANY TIME during my classes. If you have problems with students who can't resist the temptation even though you've made this a condition for participation in your class, then you can take it from them and have them pick it up after class.
Cheers, Tom
Tom DeWitt, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Applied Learning Experiences (ALEX)
University of Hawaii at Hilo
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Spaulding, Kristina N <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Good afternoon,
I am having some issues with talking and cell phone/electronic device use during RATs. I teach large classes (70 and 200 students), so management has become an issue. These are the specific issues I'm having:
1) Talking and electronic device use by students who have finished the iRAT while other students are still completing their iRATs.
2) Electronic device use during tRATs.
Number One bothers me because students could be looking up answers on their devices, but also because the talking interferes with the ability of the remaining students to finish their iRATs. If most of the class is done it can get quite loud. No matter how many times I ask them to be quiet, this continues to be an issue. I don't have this problem at any other time during class (for example, during class discussions or when I lecture).
Students are also using their electronic devices during tRATs. In most cases, I think they are texting or goofing off, but obviously, in large classes like this, it's impossible to tell. I have told them not to talk and to put their devices away, but they do it anyway. In my 70 person class, between my TA and I, we can keep a fairly good handle on it, by asking students to put away their device if we see them using it, but in a class of 200 this is impossible. I'm considering implementing some kind of punishment - for example, students caught using devices before the end of the tRAT will receive a zero, or even the whole team will receive a zero, but I also feel this may be too harsh. How have others handled this problem?
Best,
Kristina
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Kristina N. Spaulding
Doctoral candidate
Gallup lab
Department of Psychology
University at Albany
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