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What about taking out the battery, or putting the phone near your belt buckle, or any of the other 1000 ways students get their “electronic devices” in?

I used to feel that the ban didn’t keep the phones out, but when I began teaching several years ago it usually kept them hidden. It’s hard to carry on a cell phone conversation in the middle of class without the teacher noticing. With the rise of texting, however, which is quieter and easier to conceal, the ban (in my recent experience) has ceased to keep the phones inside the backpacks.

Not that I know what the answer is; the problem remains one of gaining and keeping students’ attention. Another teacher recently told me that phones can be used as “clickers” with interactive white boards; I may be entering the SMART zone in another month.

Anyhow, even those with sidekicks still sometimes pass hand-written notes (albeit in text-ese).

Perhaps it wasn’t the best location with the “Coors Light” sign in the background.

Maybe there should be a fne imposed to he Childs parents if there caught using a cell phone in there school. This will help with there school budgets so we can get supplies to help better educate these kids. Lehman highschool in the Bronx has day labor workers standing all around the school from open to close. How can your child call for help if they have no means of communication. Please help protect our kids don’t restrict them!!!!!!!

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