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In my experience, if there's a kid sitting in high school who's not interested in the lesson then they'll either stare at the front of the room with their eyes
by qxcv 14y ago
In my experience, if there's a kid sitting in high school who's not interested in the lesson then they'll either stare at the front of the room with their eyes glazed over or start fidget with something (usually phones or pencils), the former being the most popular choice since electronics tend to raise the ire of teachers. You are sadly misguided if you think that removing phones will turn previously disinterested students into enthusiastic participants. It certainly will make them angry at having to pay $1 per day for "phone parking", though.
- keithpeter 14y ago"You are sadly misguided if you think that removing phones will turn previously disinterested students into enthusiastic participants." Oh yes, we had lots of ways of loosing attention when I was a teenager long before the invention of mobile phones. With the phones, the disruption comes from outside in the form of messages, not from the student's own brain. The latter can be managed by changes of activity and movement round the space (plenary/group/present/plenary type lessons). The former disrupts even the interested students.
- jlgreco 14y agoInterested students can just put their phones on silent. For that matter... why don't schools let kids keep their phones on silent and in their lockers? Using your phone in class? Get yelled at. Throwing paper airplanes in class? Get yelled at. This is not a hard or new problem.
- keithpeter 14y agoLockers? Consequent liability. Not in UK
- jlgreco 14y agoThey don't have lockers? I don't even...