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Students have them anyways and are very good at hiding them. The number of students who have them and hide them is closer to 80%.

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I'll try to remember to use the yellow, green, red cards for phone use in my classroom.

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I know kids have them. I understand that it is their personal technology.

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Find ways to incorporate them in your lessons & teach kiddos how to use them appropriately and to acquire information.  Also have them download apps for school:  Classroom, Brainpop, twitter etc.

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Out of sight, out of mind.

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I don't want kids to use them inappropriately or have them be a distraction in class. I find that 7th graders are distracted due to their age and maturity Ievel. Adding another piece of technology during class time would be more of a problem.

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Using social media inappropriately.

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Trying to keep them out of school or in their locker is a losing battle

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Concerned that the kids who are the most distractible and need to focus the most will find ways to use their phone at inappropriate times.

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I am concerned about the drama created by kids if they use them in the hallway or cafeteria

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Allow teachers to say no to cell phones in class.

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How about kids could have them at their lockers and during HR?

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Stoplight poster in class - teacher designates if the learning activity is red, yellow or green for phone use.

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The students should be allowed to use appropriately. Stop fighting the unwinnable battle and work smarter not harder with the students.

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I use a cell phone "jail".  I hang a shoe rack over my door and students who are having trouble using their phones inappropriately in class just put the phone into one of the pockets until class is over. 

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I use a cell phone "jail".  I hang a shoe rack over my door and students who are having trouble using their phones inappropriately in class just put the phone into one of the pockets until class is over. 

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Yellow/green/red great idea.  Important thing is to have a classroom management plan that you follow.

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Students have them and bring them to school. Cool.
I currently have no curricular purpose for phones. All tech needs for Health Ed are met by the chromebook. My rule is  - turn off and put away, better yet keep it in your locker. They usually respect the rules.

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Why wouldn't we allow cell phones in 2017?

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1. different rules in different classrooms can be confusing.
2. if it becomes an educational discussion what do we do for the kids who have no phones?

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I think the kids (especially 7th graders) have enough technology with their chrome books.  Kids can complete what they need to do in my class without a phone.

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All students have chromebooks, and don't need cell phones for academics.  I think cell phones will be distracting. 

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All students have chromebooks, and don't need cell phones for academics.  I think cell phones will be distracting. 

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2.  I do not want students using phones to access social media or videotape in my classroom.
3.  I do not want phones to go off in my classroom.
4.  I am concerned that cell phones will distract from the learning community I am trying to create in my classroom.

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Educationally there is no reason for cell phones in the classroom. The students have chromebooks and those provide all the access to technology required. 

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Educationally there is no reason for cell phones in the classroom. The students have chromebooks and those provide all the access to technology required. 

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I have several concerns. The only relief  students get right now from constant exposure to social media is during the six hours they are at school.  During the past year, Team 7-2 had several episodes of cyber bullying and cruelty involving cell phones.  These episodes occurred outside of school. When the cell phones are in the classroom, I am afraid of the same sort of behavior-  constant albeit silent  contact  and distraction.  In addition, a  cell phone screen is much more difficult to monitor than a chromebook screen.  And, with our population of students, there are students who don't have phones because they can't afford them. Why single these kids out in school where we are trying to create a level playing field?

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The district provides students with Chromebooks - there is no need for students to use cell phones in class.  The maturity level at the junior high level varies so much....many students are not ready to follow the expectation of zero cell phone use in the class.

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Phones are no different than keys to your home. You take it every where with you go. Safety, Security, Connected

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Kids who have them, carry them and find it difficult to let them go.  There is a great opportunity to teach phone etiquette here.

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Kids who have them, carry them and find it difficult to let them go.  There is a great opportunity to teach phone etiquette here.

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They can be a great tool and a great distraction. It's up to the teachers to establish firm expectations to ensure they are the former rather than the latter.

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There needs to be a clear message sent to students that the administration backs the teachers individual expectations. If I think a student is using a phone inappropriately and I tell them to hand it over, I don't want to hear "you can't take my phone."

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I have used a set of expectations that worked well this year.  Every time they had the privilege, the rules were reviewed.

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I have used a set of expectations that worked well this year.  Every time they had the privilege, the rules were reviewed.

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I think clear rules and expectations need to be set by a classroom teacher and then the teacher needs to follow through with them

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Students taking photos of kids without permission from that student.

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Students taking photos of kids without permission from that student.

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Students taking pictures of tests or other student work without permission.

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Individual teachers make the decision

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We need to rethink what we are doing with cell phones. It is a relatively new technology that is designed to be addictive. It is a distraction in an educational setting.

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We need to train kids to put them away in an educational setting.
Parents need our support.

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Let's do our homework and learn what cell phones are doing to our brains.  Cell phones are designed to be addictive. Why feed the brain with junk (games, social media, etc) when we are already fighting other obstacles out of our control when we are educating our young?

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Distractibility.  Appropriateness.  Accountability. Classroom management. Growing research siting "addictive" qualities of technology and social media.  

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Distractibility.  Appropriateness.  Accountability. Classroom management. Growing research siting "addictive" qualities of technology and social media.  

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What are the consequences?  If I, as teacher, do not want phones in my class then what administrative support will be in place if a student violates my classroom "rule"?  What about repeat offenders? 

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What are the consequences?  If I, as teacher, do not want phones in my class then what administrative support will be in place if a student violates my classroom "rule"?  What about repeat offenders? 

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Philosophically, I don't have an issue with students and cell phones.  Realistically, I am concerned they will become an issue and create unnecessary problems. 

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Philosophically, I don't have an issue with students and cell phones.  Realistically, I am concerned they will become an issue and create unnecessary problems. 

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1. I don't know of any instructional purpose for cell phones, considering all students have personal Chromebooks.
2. None of the RJHS students will have been permitted to use them at school, so it wouldn't be difficult to keep it that way.
3. I acknowledge that I've never taught in a school where students were permitted to carry or use phones, so I only have this side of the experience; however, I have not heard ringing (ha, see what I did there?) endorsements from educators who have/do.

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1. I am concerned that cell phones will become one more (huge) distraction from learning.
2. I worry about the impact on social drama in the building. It's always mental health staff and administrators that end up dealing with the messes made in the digital world outside of school, but even as a classroom teacher I catch wind of how messy and time consuming it all is. I imagine that inviting cell phones into student hands during the school day would exacerbate this kind of activity.
3. I wonder if kids will use recording features to cheat.
4. About two years ago there was a student on my team who would record teachers and students from his pocket and use the recording to send mean Snap Chats to his friends. I would hate to see more of this kind of behavior.
5. In general I worry about the addictive nature of devices, particularly smart phones. I wonder how our decisions around use as a school community can hurt or help the situation.

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1. Would grade 9 staff say cell phones have been a problem at the NGA?
2. What is the argument FOR carrying cell phones?
3. What would a "no phones" policy look like? Phones must be left in lockers all day? They can be carried but never taken out? They can be carried but only used in designated areas?
4. What would allowing them mean? Free use every minute of the day? Can students freely make calls? Text whenever they want? Listen to music whenever they see fit? Choose to bypass the Chromebook and use the phone to find information?
5. If the decision to allow cell phones is made, will adults who enforce a "no phones" policy in their classroom/space be supported when students violate these rules?

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When I shadowed at the NGA, I spent the day with an awesome young lady. We discussed cell phone use, and she told me that when she's in a classroom where the teacher doesn't allow phone use, she likes it better when the expectation is just to keep it concealed. She thinks classroom systems where all students must "turn over" their phones to a box or something similar at the start of class is over the top, and sends the message that she and her peers are not trust worthy. Her opinion was that only kids who have violated the classroom expectations should loose their phones at the start of class.