Submitted by ron smith (not verified) on May 31, 2006 - 00:44.
Chris,
There has been quite a hub-bub over phones in school. I can tell you that I teach in a VERY public school, Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, and that the policy of the school and the district (LAUSD, 727,000 students) has been rather fluid. They have decided that students may carry phones, but may not use them in class. In general, I don't want to be texting anyone in class, either, but I have texted (is that a word?) them and vice versa when there was something important. I have had teachers ask me what I am doing, and when I explain, they seem very receptive.
As for acountability, I think Anthony (above) addressed that nicely.
Remember at the beginning of the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where one of the gang members challenges Butch to a knife fight, but Butch says they have to discuss the rules first? Harvey's response is, "RULES! In a knife fight?" Well, as I have said elsewhere, I will use any means, fair or unfair, to get my kids to succeed. If I have to hold their hand once in a while, I'll do it! A friend of mine said it best. "We should arm each child with every cognitive weapon they are able to carry and wield."
Chris, There has been quite
Submitted by ron smith (not verified) on May 31, 2006 - 00:44.
Chris,
There has been quite a hub-bub over phones in school. I can tell you that I teach in a VERY public school, Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, and that the policy of the school and the district (LAUSD, 727,000 students) has been rather fluid. They have decided that students may carry phones, but may not use them in class. In general, I don't want to be texting anyone in class, either, but I have texted (is that a word?) them and vice versa when there was something important. I have had teachers ask me what I am doing, and when I explain, they seem very receptive.
As for acountability, I think Anthony (above) addressed that nicely.
Remember at the beginning of the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where one of the gang members challenges Butch to a knife fight, but Butch says they have to discuss the rules first? Harvey's response is, "RULES! In a knife fight?" Well, as I have said elsewhere, I will use any means, fair or unfair, to get my kids to succeed. If I have to hold their hand once in a while, I'll do it! A friend of mine said it best. "We should arm each child with every cognitive weapon they are able to carry and wield."