CELL PHONES ALMOST BROKE ME TODAY | High School Teacher Vlog
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 2024
- This was one of those days where I had to talk myself down from snapping one time too many, and all because of CELL PHONES! Here's what I'm going to do about it!
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Teaching in the uk is different and most schools have strict no phone policies in the school grounds thank goodness as it is one less thing to monitor x
I realize that this is an older video but I identify with this SO much. It is refreshing to be reminded that its not just my classroom struggle.
I feel bad for the kids who aren't using their phones in class but still have to turn them in 😬
Good Lord your room is huge. My room is big but I have 42 desk in my room. I appreciate your honesty. I teach 9th grade and appreciate the issue you covered. it is frustrating because the technology could be best if they were not playing games. The texting doesn't happen, it's the game playing. I remember when it was the parents texting but NO not anymore. I hope it worked for you. I float so that's a no go for me.
I am student teaching in a 9th grade history class and during my first week in the classroom I noticed that cell phones are everywhere. I don't mind if students have headphones in while working quietly but it's during instruction that it really bugs me. I don't know what to do because I don't want over step my mentor teacher but I teach my first lesson on Monday.
Jess Because
I’m in the same boat. As a fellow student-teacher, I totally understand the thought of not over-stepping your mentor teacher. More than that though, it’s difficult to change the classroom procedure entirely because the students have been used to a certain system since September and you don’t want to battle your students over a classroom procedure during your first week. You already have enough to deal with: making lessons, grading, learning the different procedures of the school etc.
I’ve been allowing them to use their phones because my host teacher has allowed them to be on their phones since the beginning of the year. What I’ve noticed is that, since I’ve developed a fairly strong rapport with them and have created some relatable/relevant lessons, some kids (slowly but surely) ended up taking out their earbuds and focusing on me and the task I assign them.
Just remember: We’re student teachers. This is our opportunity to learn and grow in every aspect, including classroom management, which is what every teacher does every single year. If you want to try out a new classroom procedure, go for it! Your mentor teacher should support you.
I hope this helped and good luck on your lesson!
I am planning to implement the same thing in my room next year, but with power strips added to allow charging as an added incentive! I can't do it this year because I share a classroom and our current room has NO wall storage available for it. Have you ever heard of Pocket Points? I'm going to introduce it in my class tomorrow because cell phones are a HUGE problem. Pocket Points is an app where you set up rewards and students earn both hours (for not using phones during the class time you've designated) and points (for any other times they're not using their phones). They can redeem the hours for rewards you've added and redeem the points for free/discounted things in the community (like a free sub for Jimmy Johns)! I am hoping it will incentivize students to get off their phones and, in doing so, their grades will improve and they'll see the direct correlation!
There you go , +Soaking Up Secondary Science .
Wow!!! I have been struggling with this same issue in my class every single day!!! It is so RUDE for people to be on their phones when someone is talking, they don’t get it because they have had a cell phone in their hand since birth!! Unfortunately we are not allowed to take cell phones away from the students, we just have to send the student to the office.
That's because they don't have respect for authority
I totally feel your pain with cell phones! I had the cell phone hanger and I had students fill it when they arrived. They started to play games with it (e.g. taking others’ phones, putting a “dummy” phone in their pocket while having a second phone on their person, etc.). I took down the pockets and tried different tactics that have had miscellaneous results. The only thing I wish is that phones are just not allowed - not at all “real life”, but I can still wish. Good luck!
I have mine on the back wall, where nobody goes during class. Having them at the front may be a distraction if someone has the flashing notifications on. Also, I offer one point of extra credit per day for students who put their phones up. I had a coworker who forced kids to turn in their phones, and it didn’t go well. She started checking pockets and student began hiding phones in shoes, etc. Mine feel like they have the choice and get a reward for doing it, so it works out well. If they break the rules and have their phone out in class,, they can’t argue about me picking it up because they already made the choice to not give themselves extra credit for the day. We also call it phone daycare, which makes me laugh lol
We did shoe racks with chargers but then kids stole phones. Our admin told us a week ago that if we see a phone, we are to take it. If we don’t, we are in trouble. It’s been stressful.
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Mrs. Marie ,
Back in my times when I was an autistic student in school I had My Times where I disrupted class through some of My abnormal actions
and there were NO CELL PHONES even used or brought to school . I had a teacher set me off when I was in high school and I let her have it .
Needless to say , I wound up meeting with the principal and lucked into a detention because that moment was like for me a really bad day .
I said that to say this . Long story short , If a student wants to disrupt class or break you in any other way they will do it WITH or WITHOUT a Cell Phone .
I hope that this helps you survive the rest of the school year and the school years to come .
- Dwight
Have you thought of incorporating an assignment with their phones? Plenty of apps too use together, but you can also have them use their school email addresses to sign into a browser on their phone and then you have access to their history to make sure they’re on task. Using groups also helps them learn different formats (Android/Apple/Windows)
We have those in our classroom and it still takes up too much time even to the point where we have to get security which takes up time.
The teacher I student taught with had 1 hour blocks and a half hour in she always let the students have 1 minute on their phones but the deal was they couldn’t have it at any other point and they responded really well to it, and almost always waited until that half hour mark
Hi, Marie. I teach middle school, and I rarely have an issue with cellphones. I have a clear shoe organizer hanging near a whiteboard and an outlet. I have a surge protector hanging next to the shoe organizer. The area is called my charging station. Students are allowed to charge their phones at the start of class. If they choose to charge, it must stay in the pocket the entire class block. Students write their names on the clear plastic pockets with a dry erase marker and erase when class is over. If students choose not to charge their phones, the phone must be on silent and completely put away. If I see them with their phones out, the phone is required to go to the charging station and the students may not get the phones until end of class.
I have a discussion about it at the beginning of the school year. I highly recommend to students that if they feel tempted to check their phones or tempted to get the phone out, to just go ahead at put it in the charging station at the start of class.
I, as well as every teacher in America, have also had this problem. I have not jumped on the phone storage bandwagon yet either. I’m truly interested to see how this works in your classroom and how the kids react. My concern is that they will not be willing to put it into the storage. I definitely think adding a power strip so they can charge their phone is an excellent advantage. Please do an update with how this turns out. Thanks for being our guinea pig LOL.
Have you heard of the yondr paunches? I think they’re brilliant! Some schools are purchasing them for the whole student body.
I just looked them up. It's pretty cool, I'm just wondering how they keep track of who's phone is who's??
Yo students hold onto them throughout the day!
I think below the board is a great idea. It is not too close to your desk. Everyone can see it. You can see it whether your teaching or you are at your desk. They may be distracted sometimes but it's better that they look at the phones sometimes rather than turn around worrying about their phone missing.
The question is how will you keep track? Honestly it's my question lol.
I can only imagine how much trouble phones are in school. -B
Ugh... kids and their cell phones are so frustrating. BUT... watch a staff meeting.
Just be sure they’re not putting in TracPhones in there, or just an empty phone case.
Cellphones are probably my biggest pain, and it doesn’t help that our new policy says they can have it in their own time (lunch) but not in class time because to them their own time is all the time. It’s so hard to police to when it’s the whole class I can’t take 25 phones and make sure they get back to the right person while trying to actually educate them. I’ve heard pocketpoints is a really good app for those in the states so hopefully it goes world wide soon
I finally purchased one of those cell phone holders, and it is a game-changer. Post a class list with their number, so they will always use the same pocket. So many teachers already use them, it took no time for them to get into the routine in my class. The trick for me is to allow time at the end of the class for them to retrieve them, also allowing time for them to do this in an orderly fashion so the holder doesn't get ripped of the wall in their rush to get to their next class. Haha!
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