Reasons to change the current SMUS Middle School Cell Phone Policy by Riley McQueen https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz en-us 2017-01-13 21:54:02 UTC 2017-01-17 17:43:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Teaches Responsiblit https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424828 2017-01-16 22:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424828 Teaches responsibility https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424833 If the students of SMUS cannot be responsible of the use of their own devices, how will they control their device use once they are a member of society?]]> 2017-01-16 22:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424833 teaches reponsibility https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424855 2017-01-16 22:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424855 Acts on trust https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424882 2017-01-16 22:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424882 Gives more options to how people use their devices https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424909 Loosening the rules around the uses of devices may allow more options for students to be availiable to use.]]> 2017-01-16 22:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424909 Allowed to use inside at recess-enjoyable https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424959 2017-01-16 22:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147424959 https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425022 I think at lunch and morning recessyou should be able to use your phone inside because although it's good to socialize and everything, we should also be able to use our phones without having to be freezing cold]]> 2017-01-16 22:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425022 Helps with preparation for senior school and later in life https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425079 In senior school we don't have teachers who will guard over the use of our phones. With setting more restrictions it gives us more of feeling that we should break the restrictions set. As grade eights we need to learn how to restrict ourselves before all rules we are used to are immediately cut off when we move up to senior school. We should have a gradual change from grade 6 (the original policy) to grade eight (rules are loose) and up to senior school (no rules at all]]> 2017-01-16 22:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425079 Contacting Parents https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425111 If students are only allowed to use their phones outside during the day, if they need to contact parents/guardians, they will not be able to talk to them.
 ]]> 2017-01-16 22:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425111 People use phones anyways https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425140 As many students use their  phones anyways, we can see that the current cell phone policy is not effective. adding ... Changing the policy so that students become responsible of their own cell phone use would be much more effective. ]]> 2017-01-16 22:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425140 https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425167 if we are able to use phones more often, it will teach students to use their common sense and be able to decide for themselves if they think it is appropriate to be using a device at that time. ]]> 2017-01-16 22:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425167 Some rules may be applied to ensure that improper use of devices are to be treated with consequences https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425183 Making sure students don't use their own devices for watching videos or playing games in class is key to ensuring improper use of devices don't happen.]]> 2017-01-16 22:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425183 https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425215 I think students will be more responsible and instead of putting their phones away if they are caught (because people do still use their phones) they will use their phones respectfully, and only when they need it or at lunch. instead of just putting it away because they got caught. ]]> 2017-01-16 22:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425215 https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425223 Students can use their personal devices to enhance their learning experience by using useful and educational apps and websites to learn about curriculum related subjects and go into subjects in more depth than they are explored during class, conveniently and efficiently.]]> 2017-01-16 22:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425223 Final Statement https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425892 -people use cell phones anyways
-setting a policy is just daring us to break it
-teacher example
-prep for senior school]]> 2017-01-16 23:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147425892 Regardless of whether or not we interact with each other indoors we will still have the choice to not interact with each other outside https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147426050 2017-01-16 23:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147426050 Rebuttal https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147615988 The Affirmative side stated that more tech should be used, admitting that "It works better to begin integrating tech to introduce students to more tech involvement later in life." If we loosened the cell phone policy and allowed more cell phone use, we can see this is apparently something everyone wants.]]> 2017-01-17 17:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_mcqueen/viteina7ikvz/wish/147615988