We did this in my class back in high school and had cell phones get stolen. I hated not having my cell phone near me even though I never used it in class.
Wtf why where you even allowed phones in school at that age/need them in school ??? Before I went to High school even having your phone in your bag wasn’t allowed bc you didn’t walk/ travel by yourself to school at that age ??
@@bethhague9448 i had a phone in 5th grade but i was only allowed to use it when calling my parents we had to stay home alone after school so it was just a safety thing..... Btw it was a flip phone so there were no games or anything like that😂
Yea, they're like $15 on Amazon for a fake iPhone decoy.. honestly this system just doesn't work. Kids feel worried about their phones being stolen. The teacher should just use a system where if a kid uses their phone just take it for the rest of class 🤦🏻♀️
If a teacher did this while I was in high school my focus would be looking at my phone the whole time because kids steal and think it’s funny. Plus if something happened it’s the teachers fault and they would be paying for a new phone
Jessica 1986 yes a privilege to have but also a necessity these days. Me and my sisters got phones when we were gonna be home by ourselves after school or had after school activities. And lots of my teachers utilized us having phones by including them in games(kahoot-Trivia game) The teacher has no right to take away personal property unless you’re on it during their lecture. I get she’s trying to prevent it but it’s her responsibility when she takes it.
Well my generation was when they dropped the whole technology on us & we never had cell phones on us until we graduated in early 2000s so we had no problems. I think it’s ruined everybody now because y’all will never know how live was before technology happened which is really sad.
Jessica 1986 generations change. That’s the world. I know people in their 40’s who can’t do anything without their phones. Plus in early 2000’s phones were different. Don’t bash new generations because things are different.
Actually I don't know if this is the same in every school but every year we have to sign a pice of paper stating that if a personal items such as a phone or headphones get stolen or broken it is not the schools/teacher's responsibility to replace it
@@tristans8411 lmao that rule is dumb , so if my phone gets stolen there is nothing they can do but maybe check the cameras but if I don't turn my phone in I get in trouble?
@@TCB_Aries that is exactly how it works for my district.it was your choice to bring that item onto school property therefore it should be yours and your parents responsibility if lost/stolen/or broken
I am long since out of high school, but I’m not a fan. Allow the children the opportunity to be responsible. If they aren’t, take the necessary steps to set up a punishment for it. The real world doesn’t force you away from your phone, the real world is learning to step away from your distractions.
That’s exactly what her goal is, though. She even said in the beginning of the video that she’s teaching them how to step away from distractions. This is school and it’s meant to prepare students for the real world, not yet be the real world, so she’s helping prepare them by getting them used to setting their phones aside when it’s time for working. This is a skill they can take with them into the real world.
Skyler Culpepper agreed but she is doing this because they are on their phones as she said and I know I would rather do this than have a bunch of people in lunch detention and such
But they aren't adults. They are teenagers. Some as young as 13. This exercise can teach then how to properly focus. Showing them how well they can focus without their phone in front of them can help them develop the skills to out their phone away on their own while doing homework or when they have an actual job. It's better than repeated detentions. Children/teenagers should not be held to the exact standard that a grown adult in an office should be.
That's a really good point. In the real world your boss isn't going to take your phone and put it in a cubby in front of the workplace. You need to learn to have your phone and not let it be a distraction to the point where you don't get your work done.
i HATE this method. we used this in my school and no one took it seriously everyone would either put old phones in, phone cases, or not put their phones in at all. we literally call it phone jail. one way to make students not use their phones is to make class interesting! people actually wanna pay attention but not when class is boring that why kids go to their phones because it’s something better to do than listen to boring lectures
Jessica 1986 just stating my opinion (which i’m allowed to do). no need for hate. i said i hate the method. i don’t know her or her teaching style. maybe her classes are interesting there’s no way for me to know. i simply stated that by making class more enjoyable or even tolerable it’s less likely for kids to want to pick up their phones. kids pick up their phones when they are bored...
One of my teachers tried this in high school. Phones got stolen, parents got angry and the teacher was fired. Give students the chance to be responsible. This is a lazy soultion.
She clearly said in the beginning that school had been going on for months with the cell phone issue. She gave them the chance, and now had to find a solution. If kids dont wanna risk it, keep your phone in your locker. Or talk to the teacher, see if they can stash the phone in their desk. Or have the teacher check that everyone has their phone before dismissal. Easy solutions.
@@danielleferguson2332 Actually these "solutions wouldn't be that useful. I'm pretty sure all her students were not breaking the phone rules and if they did she should talk to the parents. Lockers are sometimes not effective (example: locker is on the other side of the school or in the basement or doesn't have locker. ) What if the teacher says no ? They cannot stash there phone in there desk , then what ? Also If someone swipes there phones and they return to the class I'm pretty sure they will alert the teacher and the teacher will tell the principal and he/she will check the cameras. but most times students have hoods OR the cameras just doesn't work. What is she supposed to do exactly? Let's just say she DOES check to see if all the students have there phones and some don't. Then what ?
...then she follows the same procedure as before and gives them detention. Simple. They chose to break the rules when there was a clear route to help avoid breaking the rules
When I was in school, teachers had little baskets on every single table that people could place their phone in. That way, your phone was right in front of you and you felt better about it not getting stolen. 😊
I really do not recommend this. I know when I was in school I instantly was turned off from the teacher because it was my property and I was worried about people stealing. I literally just refused to do it. I will say, your placement for them was very good though!
what if a fire comes, then they wouldn’t be able to have their phone. in my opinion i would get a referral everyday before i give you my phone willingly. in my school, you can’t take my phone unless i get a warning, or you see it twice.
Here the thing taking their phone and putting them in a weeks case thingy That doesn’t teach them how to ignore distractions It kinda teaching them that ignore the distractions when you are forced to and only when your forced Instead you should maybe follow the school rules and take the phone and send them to the office,Idk something.anything. But the cell phone prison/mesh bag thingy
So many people are saying to let students have their phones and if they misuse them, punish the student. That solution is reactive, not proactive. To the negative commenters on this video: if you’re argument is to trust the students and treat them like adults, then they should be trusted not to steal the phones. Let them know that if they choose to steal something that’s well over $250, then they can deal with the legal ramifications that an adult would have to deal with.
Cinebriated with Danielle Nicole or the stealing can be prevented by not doing this at all not to mention all the blame would be toward the teacher for using this method
I feel like you should let them have their phones with them but find time to teach them lessons about the right time to use them, etc. (Like you said in the beginning of the video) When they’re in college they aren’t going to have a place in the classroom to put their phones so I feel like the lessons would be useful. Also you said having the phones over in the pouches would keep them not tempted but as a student I would be more nervous about it being over there because people could steal them. Just my thoughts and I’m not a teacher but I think that’s probably a good idea for your classroom
If you are going to be a high school teacher learn this. These kids are almost adults treat them like it. Let them use their phones but if they misuse them take them. Let them be responsible. During lectures dont let them have their phones out but other than that let them. If they dont get their work done it is there fault. I just graduate high school and if my teacher did this I would not respect them cause they don’t respect my age.
one of my teachers used this method, and told students on the first day that she would take responsibility if any phones were stolen. however, our student handbook says that the district (nor any teachers) will/can take responsibility for lost valuables, so 🤷
I really like this idea however, I was just wondering about threft. Some kiddos are looking for an opportunity to steal and that is an ideal environment for some students. Although I teach elementary students, I have had a few kleptomaniacs before. I know phones are super expensive and I wouldn’t want to be held accountable. Maybe using a safe would be a better option. Or they could place them in a cabinet with a key. You could have dividers inside the cabinets and name slots outside of the cabinet for attendance purposes. They would put their cards in a visual location outside the cabinet to identify that they are there. 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️Just a thought for those who don’t feel comfortable with having students turn in phones to an unsecured location. Thanks for the idea. I like it and would be willing to implement a variation of it.
When I was student teaching, my CT did something very similar! We had a few kids who didn't have phones, so we made cards with their names on them so put in their slot. Then, she took attendance from the pockets! It holds them accountable for putting their phone/card there because they don't want to be marked absent. Great minds think alike. lol :)
I’m in middle school (they do it in the highschool to)and they do this. We don’t put it in because it gives us anxiety and distracts us even more. A holder fell and all the phones shattered and they had to get everyone new phones. AirPods and phones where stolen by friends as a joke and by strangers. It’s terrible and we don’t use it.
I feel like you are just making it worse a little bit Bc the high schoolers would focus even less Bc they would be scared their phones will get stolen and they would be always checking and staring at the thing to make sure it’s still there so no work would get done ,also if the phones did get stolen that would be your problem and it would be so much of a bigger problem then it already is
My teacher did this and he also covered the clock because it was such a distraction for the class. the teacher has the phone jail near his desk so stealing wouldn’t happen. it also seemed to bring the class together and we all become good friends after the class was over it was one of the best classes I’ve ever had
omg i don’t see what all the hate is about!! i’m going into grade 10 and honestly i would love for a teacher to do this instead of just take away people’s phones if they have them in class. teachers aren’t required to go the extra mile but you are and honestly it makes a big difference. i sooo want to have a teacher like you
We did this and no one could get hold of me as my mum was dying. So. Not always a good thing. I'll never get that time back with her and I'll never forgive having to give my phone up.
I really hate using this bc kids can take other kids’ phones if they get to it first. Also, you won’t know if kids have it or not bc they could literally just say they left it in their locker and you don’t have a way of telling unless either 1. You search them (which I’m pretty sure you can’t do that) or 2. You see them on it which then is not doing anything cause that’s what you were trying to prevent, I’m a middle school student and I have teachers who do this and it really doesn’t work I think it’s much more effective to just take the phone to the office :/ but you can run your classroom however you want Edit: I also have bad health problems so I need to be always able to contact my parents from my cellphone, which I have permission to do from the school with a 504 plan
Kirsten Lunsford well if it’s with a 504 your fine, I have one too, legally if you need to have it on you and it’s stated on the 504 they can’t take it away
I kinda hate this bc I only love my phone next to me so (I have really bad asthma and food allergies) if something happens i can tell the teacher and bring my phone with me, but my school is really chill about phones they have what they call “Free time” so yah
The charging station is a good idea! I had a teacher in high school who also made a phone cubby, but we were not required to put our phones in there. For every day we decided to hang our phones up, he would take note of who hung their phone up and those students would receive an extra credit point for that day. Students who were in class but did not hang up their phones lost a point. It was nice because it gave us more freedom- it felt like we weren’t forced into anything, and we could make the decision for ourselves, but we had incentive for putting our phones up. I feel like we wanted to comply more because of it. The points added up and when the semester ended I had like 30 extra credit points!!
Great idea. It teaches teens patience and respect. Those of you who disagree must be attached to your phone and use it 24/7. School is for learning...not for phones.
One thing teachers don’t understand now a days kids suffer severe anxiety and they cling to their phones because they’re able to communicate with there parents or friends to help comfort them throughout the day many kids don’t feel comfortable leaving there $1000+ iPhones in a mesh pocket especially because children steal I never understood why teachers do this if children don’t want to pay attention that is there own issue let them face their consequences!
If they were caught (which they usually were) I would use the school consequences which is that we keep the phone until the end of the day on the first offense and it gets turned in to the office anytime after that.
I have a changing station in our room and a cubby for cellphones. I implemented it a few months into the year. Initially, all my students would use the cubbies. After some time, I could only get students to use it if we offered bonus points for each day they put it in their. Otherwise my students typically wouldn’t use it. Our discipline policy won’t allow us to require students to put them in the cubby. Like said, I’ve had mixed results. It has improved things, but hasn’t completely resolved the issue.
As a lot of people have pointed out, some phones get stolen. I’d say if you catch them messing on their phone, put it on your desk or something like that. That way you have an eye on it. Kids are very creative and sneaky, and we don’t want stolen property!
R Sharp personally, I’ve done this in my class and have had a challenge with a phone being stolen. Then was told by my on campus police officer that if I tell a student to place their phone any place I am responsible for it and if it’s lost or stolen that comes out of my pocket 🤑 maybe that’s just a Texas thing. Thankfully, the parent didn’t persist with my paying for the phone. But I won’t be doing this again.
@@rashidanjackson I teach in Texas as well, and we had one single incident of a "prank" (i teach at a very small school so my students have been together since sixth grade and really trust each other). But, I addressed it and had no other incidents.
what if they don’t have a phone this may sound stupid but some kids are embarrassed that they don’t have a phone so they might not say something and you will mark them absent
Wait wait wait wait!!! You students are allowed they’re phones in your classroom never mind at school! If our phones are seen we get them taken away from us for the rest of the day and if they see our phones at the end of the day we have to give our phone to our principal the day after
maeve mccarthy wow, that's harsh. In my school, I have my phone with me all day long. Sometimes I'm on my phone after I finish my work and no one cares.
We get them taken away and you have to pay to get them back in my school if your seen with it in class or at lunch and if it rings your phone gets taken away for 3 days
one of my teachers did this and honestly it was so refreshing. everyone got so used to not having their phone and we had much more meaningful conversations and got so close as a class
We did this in high school and we had no problems with stolen phones. Our teacher called us by numbers to get phones (1-5) and he basically stood up there . I agree class was way more enjoyable when nobody had phones. We were a lot more interactive 😁
My history teacher did this but we would put it in a box next to the door. I would always have anxiety that when a student would leave the class that someone would take my phone
my school makes us do this for most classes by the time january came kids just put their case there or put a calculator there most don’t go on our phones but we always listen to music because we work better with music it’s smart but like most of us just feel better our phones in our bag instead of in the class say there is a fire drill or shelter in place sometimes we feel better with our phones
One of my teachers does this, but it's used if someone uses their phone in class. They get the number card and give it back in order to get their phone.
So glad it worked well for you! I’m surprised your students didn’t buck you about being required to put their phones in the pockets. Mine most certainly would. I plan to use a similar approach once I get my own classroom next year!
I mean if you think it’s a good idea then that’s fine, but there so many bad things about it. If your like me. I would get worried it would get stolen and not pay attention and just look at the phone pouch thing. As I was saying before. The phones could get stolen and most kids these day have those $600 iPhones and if they get stolen it will fall onto the teacher to either find the phone or pay it back. Also people can accidentally grab the wrong phone because it look like theirs.
At my high school I’m a senior a senior now and they introduced this freshener year..so we have been doing it for 4 years and no one likes it... but we have never had a problem with phones getting stolen. But when a illness is going around it makes it a lot easier to spread when we are all touching the phone pockets. Keep in mind I go to a small school in winneconne Wisconsin.
I noticed as I got older in high school, I became A LOT more lenient with my phones in front of teachers. It was part of just being comfortable around them, it would be on my desk, I wouldn’t be using it but it was good to know it was there because I had my phone stolen quite a few times in high school. I think just building trust would be a good idea, teaching them to be responsible and maintain self control. Just an idea!
Way to go Marie! I hope the positive results continue. What about having the students rate/analyze their efficiency too. Hopefully, they will become more proactive and see the positive results as well. As I said yesterday, good luck. It is a process and you are journeying ahead very well. Cheers!
I will never understand why kids can’t just respect their teachers and get off their phone. The ones on their phones are the ones who always ask you for notes 🙄
My APUSH teacher did this and no one liked it. It’s basically telling us that we can’t be responsible enough to have our phone ON US WITHOUT using it, but we’re responsible enough to drive a car and be to class on time. I think if you really want to handle the phone situation is if you see it out and then put the phone in the pocket.
This is so stupid. I literally had two phones so this wouldn’t work. If a teacher tried to take my phone I’d never let. It’s under my name. So is the plan. I dropped out cuz highschool also became crazy. The staff would try to pry into my personal life outside of school! Online school is the best.
A teacher I had in highschool set up a shoe rack thing with outlets and things so we could charge our phones and would ask us to preferably leave our phones in the shoe rack and with time we had after we would be able to access our phones. Which worked really well.
I normally give the students a warning and tell them to keep phones in their pockets if I see it again I'll take it and give it at the end of the class. A majority of the time they keep phones away and in their pockets. They've become comfortable enough to approach me and ask if I can hold their phone if they feel it will become a distraction.
When I was in high school I remember students fighting giving their phone ups. Their argument was that it was their property and the teachers couldn't take that away. Students would even take out the battery before handing them over. So seeing this surprises me a lot.
Whenever I teach to my Sign Language club, I do see a couple of kids playing on their iPhone or android phone or etc, when I see them playing on it, it breaks my heart that they don’t want to pay attention in my class and they don’t want to either learn Sign Language. So next year, I am going to literally be strict about kids using their iPhone or android when I teach!
My 11th grade English teacher did a phone basket, at the begging of class she would collect each phone and keep them in a basket in her draw at her desk so know phones would get stolen. She also realized that some kids need to listen to music so she said that they can keep their phones if they in a bag. So I suggest that
my english class did this ! and it worked wonderfully mostly!! just be aware of the troubling kids putting just cases in the pocket or cards saying it’s charging when it’s not!
If you keep this system up, please use something stronger than staples to hold the pouches to the wall. My school has something like this and they attached it to the board with screws and reassured us countless times that it wouldn’t go anywhere. In my brothers class the pockets fell and some of the cell phones broke. The thing that makes this system work is trust, and once that phone holder fell all that trust is broken and the students refused to put their phones in it after that day.
They did this while I was in school. I turned out just fine. If you have “Separation anxiety” all because you don’t have your phone with you, then you need serious counseling. Not having your phone right there on you is not a big deal. People just can’t live without their phones. That’s the real problem.
as a student i would refuse to put my phone in there, i'd be like send me to the dean there's less of a chance of my phone to be stolen if it's held by the dean
I want to be a teacher but I'm never using these. We have them in highschool and they're just annoying. There's no reason people should have to turn in their phone if they aren't on it in the first place and I've found myself often forgetting my phone at the end of the period and having to come back for it. Not to mention that the kids who really want to be on their phone will make some excuse or say they don't have one. It doesn't help anyone.
I’m a freshman and my teacher does this and I just stopped bringing mine to school one day, because I didn’t feel my locker was safe, and I couldn’t call my mom to pick me up when my ride was late
I got the clear ones and numbered them, each student has a number so they put their phone in the matching pocket and since they are clear I can see who's phone is missing
I had a teacher who did this as an incentive for extra credit and no one did it. Teachers will say your parents will call the school if something happens , no they’ll call me on they phone i paid for. And if there’s a shooter and i don’t have my phone that’s a huge problem 🤷🏻♀️
judging by the overwhelming dissent regarding your idea, I'd say this would be the wrong way to go. You want some level of control in your classroom, so make it a rule that everybody has to take out their phone at the beginning of class, and turn it off. Then, if everybody obeys the "no-phone" rule, the last 5 minutes of class you can reward them with 5 minutes of pure "phone time." This gives the students the responsibility for their own actions during class and treats them like the young adults they are. If someone breaks the rules regarding the "no-phone-use" during class time, then everybody pays. Peer pressure should help to correct the errant offenders. If someone gets caught using their phone once during class, it gets taken away and locked in the teacher's desk drawer for the rest of class. Let's see how many of these young adults like this idea.
Hi Mary! Are you going to reuse the system next term? Did you have any problems with theft as mentioned by some comments? Would love to get an update video!
Great video! How funny that I would see this video today..... I’m implementing this in my classroom this next school year but I bought this wooden cell phone charging station from amazon. It holds 35 cell phones so I don’t have to worry about hanging the cell phones up. I LOVE how you have them hanging low in the classroom. A lot of the teachers hang them high and I worry about the phone holder falling and the cell phones getting damaged. Thank you for sharing this awesome video, it gives me hope for this upcoming school year because last year I was going to pull my hair out with all the darn cell phone stuff. Repeating myself over and over all day!
Graduated high school a few years ago and now I’m studying to be a teacher. I hate this lol. If I was in your class I would be mad annoyed at you and feel like you didn’t respect me. Also, I know that if it was my hs phones would be getting stolen ALL the time and students are gonna be pissed. I think for high schoolers it’s really important for students to feel they have the respect of their teachers and then they would want to respect you. How you speak to them, treat them, and convey your expectations along with how your relationship with them is and how engaging you are is gonna be most important here. You can take their phones away but that’s not gonna make them want to pay more attention or actually enjoy being in class and learn.
It's interesting to hear from a student perspective in these comments. As a teacher and someone on their phone pretty regularly, I see SUCH benefits in having to actually put my phone away. While I get it isn't convenient to do, it does help with the goal of school--learning. Part of attending school, even in high school, is to learn these healthy boundaries for how to act with technology. I do the same thing--kids may not like it BUT they do better and stay more engaged in my class when they put phones up. And for the jokesters who put a fake phone in the slot, WHEN (and I always find out who does this) I find out that they have their phone, it's another conversation! Great work!
Emily Wynn I totally get what you’re saying but I will say that there are a lot of people, including myself, who get a lot of separation anxiety from when away from their phone. It becomes a huge distraction for me because all I can think about is my phone hanging up in a slot and not near me where I could easily access it if needed. There’s also problems with theft that can cause even more worry. Personally, I never do go on my phone in class and this would just become an even bigger distraction for me and many others.
They do this in my high school, one of my past teachers used it as an attendance method, they also had changers for different phones, if someone didn’t have a phone they got a card that states it, and my school had to drill them to the wall because it fell in one classroom and the school had to buy the student new phones.
A Highschool teacher for tried this in my area and the kids without phones were so embarrassed when everyone had to turn in their phones and the teacher would say “hey Bobby turn in your phone or I’m writing you up” the guy got sent to the office for like three days before he finally told the teacher his family is too poor to afford a phone but he didn’t want to seem not cool in front I’d everyone else. In my opinion it is impractical for the kids to not have their phones with them. in the real world and even college no one says anything or even cares outside of exam time. I can see for middle schoolers but not high schooler.
My nursing teacher from my vocation program in high school assigned every person a number for class and our phones would go into a box with numbered slots and then they would go in her office on her desk until class was over and the office door locked so worry about someone stealing the phone wasn’t as much of a concern
i had this my senior yr of high school and everyone got SICK. the spread of germs was insane to the point where people were missing school from being so sick. everyone eventually stopped putting them in the pouches and didn’t really care
I graduated a couple years ago and this seems fine my teachers in the past did something similar but they kept the phones behind their desk so no one could get to them without going through the teacher and it’s not like she’s keeping them all day it seems like your allowed to take them back when class is over it could be modified maybe but it’s not the end of the world if you can still see it what the big deal. You are doing a good job don’t listen to some of them they are still of the age where there phone is their entire life. And don’t bash me for saying in a opinion. Maybe a solution is keeping the slots for phones behind your desk in some way so students feel more secure they won’t get stolen.
As a high schooler going into senior year I have definitely seen like how rude kids can be with cell phones in class by like not paying attention or focusing and that you have seen studies that say kids lean better when cell phones aren’t a distraction. While I can see the logic of that like phone are distracting, I’m going to take them away but however I think at the end of the day you can’t force people to learn/participate that don’t want to and having/using a phone with them or not is the students choice. The responsible students that are actually there to learn will take it seriously and the other ones won’t. Learning what’s important to pay attention to and what’s not should be in the hands of the students. By prioritizing a text or some small thing in the classroom should be the students choice not yours. I think by taking phones teaches are overstepping the boundaries of personal belongings and time. Like it’s my time and my phone don’t tell me what to do. By taking there phones you are taking away the “distraction” you aren’t really solving the big issue. Like you said teens are going to be trans and they are the by product of the technology age. I think a better solution is to the issues. for example He would be strict abt phone use, and say “I don’t want to see it we need to focus” but than would give us little mini break about 2 min long to talk/ look your phone. Those led in them self to real world off topic conversation and honestly provided a reward for not using them knowing that at some point it would be allowed. This method I think worked well he was able to be strict and not strict at the same time. A little bit of both worlds. And he was definitely a favorite teacher, because when you go taking students phone that doesn’t still with the students (from experience I’d know).
My high school tried this and kids got so pissed we had screaming matches. Like it was horrible. Now if they are out we get 1 warning. After that it goes in the teachers desk till end of class. If it happens often then they get them back at the end of the day.
My school has the shoe pockets but no one uses it because phones constantly get stolen. I think I’m some cases it can be a good idea but in others it’s not. For example I have extremely bad anxiety. Although I never use my phone in school I get extreme anxiety when I have to put it in the pockets.
Not the brightest idea. People, like me, use old phones. Quite a phew phones are stolen a year, kids forget phones, accidents happen, and kids can’t get their phones, etc. The teacher quickly learned this was a horrible idea, because she had to pay to replace every phone that disappeared (9 phones.)
I always hated when teachers did this, I never did it and I think it’s such an issue if it gets stolen or they forget it. It’s really not a problem if a kid glances are their phone, but taking it away completely just causes so much anxiety and distraction; phone anxiety may be a problem, but it’s not a problem that can be solved by a teacher
this worked really well in my class but stealing was prevented by numbering the pockets and having accountability for whose phones weren’t in the pockets
I’ve been a HS teacher for 4 years and this past year has been the absolute worst with cell phone use. Unfortunately, I wish students realized how much work goes into us teaching them and creating lessons for them. It’s super frustrating and disheartening when you’ve worked for hours on creating a lesson and then you implement it, but students are on their phones. It’s disrespectful! It’s also annoying because they begin to miss important information.
Here in the Netherlands we have that 2 and it actually worked last year. I don’t know how the schools are in America. Maybe the schoolsystem is different, but ive never heard that somebody’s phone was stolen. (So the comments under this video were quite schocking hahah 😅)
Im reading a lot of things about how peoples phones get stolen with that strategy, what it you had baskets on their desk that they had to keep their phones in face down? that way you could see them reaching for them, and so no one else will have access to them except for the students? just an idea and probably not a good one, but definitely dont want something to happen where peoples phones get stolen!
We did this in my class back in high school and had cell phones get stolen. I hated not having my cell phone near me even though I never used it in class.
we did this at my high school & people’s phones got stolen. 😐
Wtf why where you even allowed phones in school at that age/need them in school ??? Before I went to High school even having your phone in your bag wasn’t allowed bc you didn’t walk/ travel by yourself to school at that age ??
@@bethhague9448 i had a phone in 5th grade but i was only allowed to use it when calling my parents we had to stay home alone after school so it was just a safety thing..... Btw it was a flip phone so there were no games or anything like that😂
Beth Hague I had a phone because of safety so I can call my parents if I get lost or something happens
Lmfaooo
@@bethhague9448 it's up to the parents, not the school. If parents want their children to have one on them for whatever reason, that's fine
I used to turn in a decoy phone. 😅 kids get creative.
Omg SAMEE!!!!
Me too, I still do
Yea, they're like $15 on Amazon for a fake iPhone decoy.. honestly this system just doesn't work. Kids feel worried about their phones being stolen. The teacher should just use a system where if a kid uses their phone just take it for the rest of class 🤦🏻♀️
me too i’m so glad i don’t have to go to an actual school anymore. online school for the win
anonymous i agree!!
If a teacher did this while I was in high school my focus would be looking at my phone the whole time because kids steal and think it’s funny. Plus if something happened it’s the teachers fault and they would be paying for a new phone
Actually it’s not the teachers fault. The teacher is there to teach everybody & phones are a privilege to have.
Jessica 1986 yes a privilege to have but also a necessity these days. Me and my sisters got phones when we were gonna be home by ourselves after school or had after school activities. And lots of my teachers utilized us having phones by including them in games(kahoot-Trivia game)
The teacher has no right to take away personal property unless you’re on it during their lecture. I get she’s trying to prevent it but it’s her responsibility when she takes it.
Well my generation was when they dropped the whole technology on us & we never had cell phones on us until we graduated in early 2000s so we had no problems. I think it’s ruined everybody now because y’all will never know how live was before technology happened which is really sad.
Jessica 1986 generations change. That’s the world. I know people in their 40’s who can’t do anything without their phones. Plus in early 2000’s phones were different. Don’t bash new generations because things are different.
Life was better before phone 🤣🤣🤣 something you will never know
If phones get stolen they will be your responsibility. And kids will not respect you if you don’t respect them.
Actually I don't know if this is the same in every school but every year we have to sign a pice of paper stating that if a personal items such as a phone or headphones get stolen or broken it is not the schools/teacher's responsibility to replace it
TheReal Gamer my school does the same
@@tristans8411 lmao that rule is dumb , so if my phone gets stolen there is nothing they can do but maybe check the cameras but if I don't turn my phone in I get in trouble?
@@TCB_Aries that is exactly how it works for my district.it was your choice to bring that item onto school property therefore it should be yours and your parents responsibility if lost/stolen/or broken
TheReal Gamer yeah but if it’s not in my care it’s it their fault. She MADE me give it up.... therefore she’s responsible.
I am long since out of high school, but I’m not a fan. Allow the children the opportunity to be responsible. If they aren’t, take the necessary steps to set up a punishment for it. The real world doesn’t force you away from your phone, the real world is learning to step away from your distractions.
Skyler Culpepper lol there are plenty of jobs in the real world that do force you away from your phone.. so so so many.
That’s exactly what her goal is, though. She even said in the beginning of the video that she’s teaching them how to step away from distractions. This is school and it’s meant to prepare students for the real world, not yet be the real world, so she’s helping prepare them by getting them used to setting their phones aside when it’s time for working. This is a skill they can take with them into the real world.
Skyler Culpepper agreed but she is doing this because they are on their phones as she said and I know I would rather do this than have a bunch of people in lunch detention and such
But they aren't adults. They are teenagers. Some as young as 13. This exercise can teach then how to properly focus. Showing them how well they can focus without their phone in front of them can help them develop the skills to out their phone away on their own while doing homework or when they have an actual job. It's better than repeated detentions. Children/teenagers should not be held to the exact standard that a grown adult in an office should be.
That's a really good point. In the real world your boss isn't going to take your phone and put it in a cubby in front of the workplace. You need to learn to have your phone and not let it be a distraction to the point where you don't get your work done.
i HATE this method. we used this in my school and no one took it seriously everyone would either put old phones in, phone cases, or not put their phones in at all. we literally call it phone jail. one way to make students not use their phones is to make class interesting! people actually wanna pay attention but not when class is boring that why kids go to their phones because it’s something better to do than listen to boring lectures
Farren q Do you have your Diploma yet? If not then do your school work & not worry about your phone...
Jessica 1986 just stating my opinion (which i’m allowed to do). no need for hate. i said i hate the method. i don’t know her or her teaching style. maybe her classes are interesting there’s no way for me to know. i simply stated that by making class more enjoyable or even tolerable it’s less likely for kids to want to pick up their phones. kids pick up their phones when they are bored...
We had phone jail last year we hated it we hold her that we are grounded from our phone out it’s dead
Do you have a life? Exactly rude and not anyone else’s business
Farren q exactly if u make the lessons fun then I would be less inclined to use my phone
One of my teachers tried this in high school. Phones got stolen, parents got angry and the teacher was fired. Give students the chance to be responsible. This is a lazy soultion.
She clearly said in the beginning that school had been going on for months with the cell phone issue. She gave them the chance, and now had to find a solution. If kids dont wanna risk it, keep your phone in your locker. Or talk to the teacher, see if they can stash the phone in their desk. Or have the teacher check that everyone has their phone before dismissal. Easy solutions.
@@danielleferguson2332 Actually these "solutions wouldn't be that useful. I'm pretty sure all her students were not breaking the phone rules and if they did she should talk to the parents. Lockers are sometimes not effective (example: locker is on the other side of the school or in the basement or doesn't have locker. ) What if the teacher says no ? They cannot stash there phone in there desk , then what ? Also If someone swipes there phones and they return to the class I'm pretty sure they will alert the teacher and the teacher will tell the principal and he/she will check the cameras. but most times students have hoods OR the cameras just doesn't work. What is she supposed to do exactly? Let's just say she DOES check to see if all the students have there phones and some don't. Then what ?
D. Jean they tore down all the lockers at my highschool so we can’t put them in there anyways
D. Jean most high schools don’t really use lockers anymore
What if they tell you on the first day that they don't have a phone but they really do have one and are sneaking to using it during class.
rudy master then once you catch them, game over.
Then they sneaky periodtt
What if you’re doing that?
...then she follows the same procedure as before and gives them detention. Simple. They chose to break the rules when there was a clear route to help avoid breaking the rules
When I was in school, teachers had little baskets on every single table that people could place their phone in. That way, your phone was right in front of you and you felt better about it not getting stolen. 😊
Good idea , however did student pull it out of the baskets during class ?
I really do not recommend this. I know when I was in school I instantly was turned off from the teacher because it was my property and I was worried about people stealing. I literally just refused to do it. I will say, your placement for them was very good though!
What if a kid genuinely does not have a phone? I knew people in high school who’s parents never let them have a cellphone.
Those kids had good parents
what if a fire comes, then they wouldn’t be able to have their phone. in my opinion i would get a referral everyday before i give you my phone willingly. in my school, you can’t take my phone unless i get a warning, or you see it twice.
Students dont need cell phones during the school day, there are plenty with the teachers and at the office.
Here the thing taking their phone and putting them in a weeks case thingy
That doesn’t teach them how to ignore distractions
It kinda teaching them that ignore the distractions when you are forced to and only when your forced
Instead you should maybe follow the school rules and take the phone and send them to the office,Idk something.anything. But the cell phone prison/mesh bag thingy
I’ve had a teacher do this and i was fine with it. She also had a charging station which made it 100% easier to want and put my phone there
One of my teachers has like "parking spaces" on the white board made out of just tape that we put are phones in during test and quizzes
So many people are saying to let students have their phones and if they misuse them, punish the student. That solution is reactive, not proactive.
To the negative commenters on this video: if you’re argument is to trust the students and treat them like adults, then they should be trusted not to steal the phones. Let them know that if they choose to steal something that’s well over $250, then they can deal with the legal ramifications that an adult would have to deal with.
Cinebriated with Danielle Nicole or the stealing can be prevented by not doing this at all not to mention all the blame would be toward the teacher for using this method
I feel like you should let them have their phones with them but find time to teach them lessons about the right time to use them, etc. (Like you said in the beginning of the video) When they’re in college they aren’t going to have a place in the classroom to put their phones so I feel like the lessons would be useful. Also you said having the phones over in the pouches would keep them not tempted but as a student I would be more nervous about it being over there because people could steal them. Just my thoughts and I’m not a teacher but I think that’s probably a good idea for your classroom
Yeah I know it is an amazing idea but it still won't work scientific evidence has proven this
If you are going to be a high school teacher learn this. These kids are almost adults treat them like it. Let them use their phones but if they misuse them take them. Let them be responsible. During lectures dont let them have their phones out but other than that let them. If they dont get their work done it is there fault. I just graduate high school and if my teacher did this I would not respect them cause they don’t respect my age.
It’sliterallyTiara I bet you're one of those bratty students
one of my teachers used this method, and told students on the first day that she would take responsibility if any phones were stolen. however, our student handbook says that the district (nor any teachers) will/can take responsibility for lost valuables, so 🤷
I really like this idea however, I was just wondering about threft. Some kiddos are looking for an opportunity to steal and that is an ideal environment for some students. Although I teach elementary students, I have had a few kleptomaniacs before. I know phones are super expensive and I wouldn’t want to be held accountable. Maybe using a safe would be a better option. Or they could place them in a cabinet with a key. You could have dividers inside the cabinets and name slots outside of the cabinet for attendance purposes. They would put their cards in a visual location outside the cabinet to identify that they are there. 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️Just a thought for those who don’t feel comfortable with having students turn in phones to an unsecured location.
Thanks for the idea. I like it and would be willing to implement a variation of it.
When I was student teaching, my CT did something very similar! We had a few kids who didn't have phones, so we made cards with their names on them so put in their slot. Then, she took attendance from the pockets! It holds them accountable for putting their phone/card there because they don't want to be marked absent. Great minds think alike. lol :)
I’m in middle school (they do it in the highschool to)and they do this. We don’t put it in because it gives us anxiety and distracts us even more. A holder fell and all the phones shattered and they had to get everyone new phones. AirPods and phones where stolen by friends as a joke and by strangers. It’s terrible and we don’t use it.
I feel like you are just making it worse a little bit Bc the high schoolers would focus even less Bc they would be scared their phones will get stolen and they would be always checking and staring at the thing to make sure it’s still there so no work would get done ,also if the phones did get stolen that would be your problem and it would be so much of a bigger problem then it already is
My teacher did this and he also covered the clock because it was such a distraction for the class. the teacher has the phone jail near his desk so stealing wouldn’t happen. it also seemed to bring the class together and we all become good friends after the class was over it was one of the best classes I’ve ever had
I think the stealing can be done accidentally. Like a student accidentally took the wrong phone .
omg i don’t see what all the hate is about!! i’m going into grade 10 and honestly i would love for a teacher to do this instead of just take away people’s phones if they have them in class. teachers aren’t required to go the extra mile but you are and honestly it makes a big difference. i sooo want to have a teacher like you
This would suck tbh this gives me major anxiety 😖😫
And now your students actually hate you for this
My US history teachers did that and nobody put their phone in their....
We did this and no one could get hold of me as my mum was dying. So. Not always a good thing. I'll never get that time back with her and I'll never forgive having to give my phone up.
I really hate using this bc kids can take other kids’ phones if they get to it first. Also, you won’t know if kids have it or not bc they could literally just say they left it in their locker and you don’t have a way of telling unless either 1. You search them (which I’m pretty sure you can’t do that) or 2. You see them on it which then is not doing anything cause that’s what you were trying to prevent, I’m a middle school student and I have teachers who do this and it really doesn’t work I think it’s much more effective to just take the phone to the office :/ but you can run your classroom however you want
Edit: I also have bad health problems so I need to be always able to contact my parents from my cellphone, which I have permission to do from the school with a 504 plan
Kirsten Lunsford well if it’s with a 504 your fine, I have one too, legally if you need to have it on you and it’s stated on the 504 they can’t take it away
You’re voice sounds sooo much like Amelia Shepherd from greys anatomy!!
I kinda hate this bc I only love my phone next to me so (I have really bad asthma and food allergies) if something happens i can tell the teacher and bring my phone with me, but my school is really chill about phones they have what they call “Free time” so yah
The charging station is a good idea! I had a teacher in high school who also made a phone cubby, but we were not required to put our phones in there. For every day we decided to hang our phones up, he would take note of who hung their phone up and those students would receive an extra credit point for that day. Students who were in class but did not hang up their phones lost a point. It was nice because it gave us more freedom- it felt like we weren’t forced into anything, and we could make the decision for ourselves, but we had incentive for putting our phones up. I feel like we wanted to comply more because of it. The points added up and when the semester ended I had like 30 extra credit points!!
Great idea. It teaches teens patience and respect. Those of you who disagree must be attached to your phone and use it 24/7.
School is for learning...not for phones.
do you let your students drink coffee in class?
One thing teachers don’t understand now a days kids suffer severe anxiety and they cling to their phones because they’re able to communicate with there parents or friends to help comfort them throughout the day many kids don’t feel comfortable leaving there $1000+ iPhones in a mesh pocket especially because children steal I never understood why teachers do this if children don’t want to pay attention that is there own issue let them face their consequences!
Attendance taking with it is a great idea.
What will the punishment be for putting an old phone in storage and still using a phone during class?
If they were caught (which they usually were) I would use the school consequences which is that we keep the phone until the end of the day on the first offense and it gets turned in to the office anytime after that.
I have a changing station in our room and a cubby for cellphones. I implemented it a few months into the year. Initially, all my students would use the cubbies. After some time, I could only get students to use it if we offered bonus points for each day they put it in their. Otherwise my students typically wouldn’t use it. Our discipline policy won’t allow us to require students to put them in the cubby. Like said, I’ve had mixed results. It has improved things, but hasn’t completely resolved the issue.
As a lot of people have pointed out, some phones get stolen. I’d say if you catch them messing on their phone, put it on your desk or something like that. That way you have an eye on it. Kids are very creative and sneaky, and we don’t want stolen property!
Any problem with phones disappearing?
R Sharp personally, I’ve done this in my class and have had a challenge with a phone being stolen. Then was told by my on campus police officer that if I tell a student to place their phone any place I am responsible for it and if it’s lost or stolen that comes out of my pocket 🤑 maybe that’s just a Texas thing. Thankfully, the parent didn’t persist with my paying for the phone. But I won’t be doing this again.
@@rashidanjackson I teach in Texas as well, and we had one single incident of a "prank" (i teach at a very small school so my students have been together since sixth grade and really trust each other). But, I addressed it and had no other incidents.
In the UK our classrooms are sooo boring and yours looks like a room in a house. I wish I had it!!
what if they don’t have a phone
this may sound stupid but some kids are embarrassed that they don’t have a phone so they might not say something
and you will mark them absent
Not in school anymore but I wouldn’t put my phone there in case of an emergency
Wait wait wait wait!!! You students are allowed they’re phones in your classroom never mind at school! If our phones are seen we get them taken away from us for the rest of the day and if they see our phones at the end of the day we have to give our phone to our principal the day after
We aren't allowed to even bring them into school :(
maeve mccarthy wow, that's harsh. In my school, I have my phone with me all day long. Sometimes I'm on my phone after I finish my work and no one cares.
We get them taken away and you have to pay to get them back in my school if your seen with it in class or at lunch and if it rings your phone gets taken away for 3 days
@@Cloudylolz3 oml that's harsh, isn't that illegal?
In my high school you are allowed to be on it during passing times before and after school just not in the classes
one of my teachers did this and honestly it was so refreshing. everyone got so used to not having their phone and we had much more meaningful conversations and got so close as a class
We did this in high school and we had no problems with stolen phones. Our teacher called us by numbers to get phones (1-5) and he basically stood up there . I agree class was way more enjoyable when nobody had phones. We were a lot more interactive 😁
Can you elaborate on this some more please ? How did the teacher know what number belonged to what student .
Maybe keep it near your desk so you can see who's around the phones.
My history teacher did this but we would put it in a box next to the door. I would always have anxiety that when a student would leave the class that someone would take my phone
my school makes us do this for most classes by the time january came kids just put their case there or put a calculator there most don’t go on our phones but we always listen to music because we work better with music it’s smart but like most of us just feel better our phones in our bag instead of in the class say there is a fire drill or shelter in place sometimes we feel better with our phones
One of my teachers does this, but it's used if someone uses their phone in class. They get the number card and give it back in order to get their phone.
So glad it worked well for you! I’m surprised your students didn’t buck you about being required to put their phones in the pockets. Mine most certainly would. I plan to use a similar approach once I get my own classroom next year!
I absolutely HATED when my teachers did this.
If we got caught with our phones in high school we had to take it to the office and then had to pay $20 to get it back.
I mean if you think it’s a good idea then that’s fine, but there so many bad things about it. If your like me. I would get worried it would get stolen and not pay attention and just look at the phone pouch thing. As I was saying before. The phones could get stolen and most kids these day have those $600 iPhones and if they get stolen it will fall onto the teacher to either find the phone or pay it back. Also people can accidentally grab the wrong phone because it look like theirs.
At my high school I’m a senior a senior now and they introduced this freshener year..so we have been doing it for 4 years and no one likes it... but we have never had a problem with phones getting stolen. But when a illness is going around it makes it a lot easier to spread when we are all touching the phone pockets. Keep in mind I go to a small school in winneconne Wisconsin.
I noticed as I got older in high school, I became A LOT more lenient with my phones in front of teachers. It was part of just being comfortable around them, it would be on my desk, I wouldn’t be using it but it was good to know it was there because I had my phone stolen quite a few times in high school. I think just building trust would be a good idea, teaching them to be responsible and maintain self control. Just an idea!
We do this at my hs and we have chargers but nobodys phones get stolen
I just love your classroom. This coffee shop idea is the best. You are my hero!
Way to go Marie! I hope the positive results continue. What about having the students rate/analyze their efficiency too. Hopefully, they will become more proactive and see the positive results as well. As I said yesterday, good luck. It is a process and you are journeying ahead very well. Cheers!
I will never understand why kids can’t just respect their teachers and get off their phone. The ones on their phones are the ones who always ask you for notes 🙄
My APUSH teacher did this and no one liked it. It’s basically telling us that we can’t be responsible enough to have our phone ON US WITHOUT using it, but we’re responsible enough to drive a car and be to class on time. I think if you really want to handle the phone situation is if you see it out and then put the phone in the pocket.
My school just takes students phones at the beginning of the day, still at a high school level.
This is so stupid. I literally had two phones so this wouldn’t work. If a teacher tried to take my phone I’d never let. It’s under my name. So is the plan. I dropped out cuz highschool also became crazy. The staff would try to pry into my personal life outside of school! Online school is the best.
A teacher I had in highschool set up a shoe rack thing with outlets and things so we could charge our phones and would ask us to preferably leave our phones in the shoe rack and with time we had after we would be able to access our phones. Which worked really well.
I normally give the students a warning and tell them to keep phones in their pockets if I see it again I'll take it and give it at the end of the class. A majority of the time they keep phones away and in their pockets. They've become comfortable enough to approach me and ask if I can hold their phone if they feel it will become a distraction.
As a kid going into high school I would definitely be telling you I don’t have my phone and hide it very well.
right 💀
When I was in high school I remember students fighting giving their phone ups. Their argument was that it was their property and the teachers couldn't take that away. Students would even take out the battery before handing them over. So seeing this surprises me a lot.
Whenever I teach to my Sign Language club, I do see a couple of kids playing on their iPhone or android phone or etc, when I see them playing on it, it breaks my heart that they don’t want to pay attention in my class and they don’t want to either learn Sign Language. So next year, I am going to literally be strict about kids using their iPhone or android when I teach!
My 11th grade English teacher did a phone basket, at the begging of class she would collect each phone and keep them in a basket in her draw at her desk so know phones would get stolen. She also realized that some kids need to listen to music so she said that they can keep their phones if they in a bag. So I suggest that
my english class did this ! and it worked wonderfully mostly!! just be aware of the troubling kids putting just cases in the pocket or cards saying it’s charging when it’s not!
If you keep this system up, please use something stronger than staples to hold the pouches to the wall. My school has something like this and they attached it to the board with screws and reassured us countless times that it wouldn’t go anywhere. In my brothers class the pockets fell and some of the cell phones broke. The thing that makes this system work is trust, and once that phone holder fell all that trust is broken and the students refused to put their phones in it after that day.
They did this while I was in school. I turned out just fine. If you have “Separation anxiety” all because you don’t have your phone with you, then you need serious counseling. Not having your phone right there on you is not a big deal. People just can’t live without their phones. That’s the real problem.
as a student i would refuse to put my phone in there, i'd be like send me to the dean there's less of a chance of my phone to be stolen if it's held by the dean
I want to be a teacher but I'm never using these. We have them in highschool and they're just annoying. There's no reason people should have to turn in their phone if they aren't on it in the first place and I've found myself often forgetting my phone at the end of the period and having to come back for it. Not to mention that the kids who really want to be on their phone will make some excuse or say they don't have one. It doesn't help anyone.
I’m a freshman and my teacher does this and I just stopped bringing mine to school one day, because I didn’t feel my locker was safe, and I couldn’t call my mom to pick me up when my ride was late
I got the clear ones and numbered them, each student has a number so they put their phone in the matching pocket and since they are clear I can see who's phone is missing
I had a teacher who did this as an incentive for extra credit and no one did it. Teachers will say your parents will call the school if something happens , no they’ll call me on they phone i paid for. And if there’s a shooter and i don’t have my phone that’s a huge problem 🤷🏻♀️
judging by the overwhelming dissent regarding your idea, I'd say this would be the wrong way to go. You want some level of control in your classroom, so make it a rule that everybody has to take out their phone at the beginning of class, and turn it off. Then, if everybody obeys the "no-phone" rule, the last 5 minutes of class you can reward them with 5 minutes of pure "phone time." This gives the students the responsibility for their own actions during class and treats them like the young adults they are. If someone breaks the rules regarding the "no-phone-use" during class time, then everybody pays. Peer pressure should help to correct the errant offenders. If someone gets caught using their phone once during class, it gets taken away and locked in the teacher's desk drawer for the rest of class. Let's see how many of these young adults like this idea.
Hi Mary! Are you going to reuse the system next term? Did you have any problems with theft as mentioned by some comments? Would love to get an update video!
Great video! How funny that I would see this video today..... I’m implementing this in my classroom this next school year but I bought this wooden cell phone charging station from amazon. It holds 35 cell phones so I don’t have to worry about hanging the cell phones up. I LOVE how you have them hanging low in the classroom. A lot of the teachers hang them high and I worry about the phone holder falling and the cell phones getting damaged. Thank you for sharing this awesome video, it gives me hope for this upcoming school year because last year I was going to pull my hair out with all the darn cell phone stuff. Repeating myself over and over all day!
Graduated high school a few years ago and now I’m studying to be a teacher. I hate this lol. If I was in your class I would be mad annoyed at you and feel like you didn’t respect me. Also, I know that if it was my hs phones would be getting stolen ALL the time and students are gonna be pissed. I think for high schoolers it’s really important for students to feel they have the respect of their teachers and then they would want to respect you. How you speak to them, treat them, and convey your expectations along with how your relationship with them is and how engaging you are is gonna be most important here. You can take their phones away but that’s not gonna make them want to pay more attention or actually enjoy being in class and learn.
It's interesting to hear from a student perspective in these comments. As a teacher and someone on their phone pretty regularly, I see SUCH benefits in having to actually put my phone away. While I get it isn't convenient to do, it does help with the goal of school--learning. Part of attending school, even in high school, is to learn these healthy boundaries for how to act with technology. I do the same thing--kids may not like it BUT they do better and stay more engaged in my class when they put phones up. And for the jokesters who put a fake phone in the slot, WHEN (and I always find out who does this) I find out that they have their phone, it's another conversation! Great work!
Emily Wynn I totally get what you’re saying but I will say that there are a lot of people, including myself, who get a lot of separation anxiety from when away from their phone. It becomes a huge distraction for me because all I can think about is my phone hanging up in a slot and not near me where I could easily access it if needed. There’s also problems with theft that can cause even more worry. Personally, I never do go on my phone in class and this would just become an even bigger distraction for me and many others.
They do this in my high school, one of my past teachers used it as an attendance method, they also had changers for different phones, if someone didn’t have a phone they got a card that states it, and my school had to drill them to the wall because it fell in one classroom and the school had to buy the student new phones.
A Highschool teacher for tried this in my area and the kids without phones were so embarrassed when everyone had to turn in their phones and the teacher would say “hey Bobby turn in your phone or I’m writing you up” the guy got sent to the office for like three days before he finally told the teacher his family is too poor to afford a phone but he didn’t want to seem not cool in front I’d everyone else. In my opinion it is impractical for the kids to not have their phones with them. in the real world and even college no one says anything or even cares outside of exam time. I can see for middle schoolers but not high schooler.
My nursing teacher from my vocation program in high school assigned every person a number for class and our phones would go into a box with numbered slots and then they would go in her office on her desk until class was over and the office door locked so worry about someone stealing the phone wasn’t as much of a concern
i had this my senior yr of high school and everyone got SICK. the spread of germs was insane to the point where people were missing school from being so sick. everyone eventually stopped putting them in the pouches and didn’t really care
I graduated a couple years ago and this seems fine my teachers in the past did something similar but they kept the phones behind their desk so no one could get to them without going through the teacher and it’s not like she’s keeping them all day it seems like your allowed to take them back when class is over it could be modified maybe but it’s not the end of the world if you can still see it what the big deal. You are doing a good job don’t listen to some of them they are still of the age where there phone is their entire life. And don’t bash me for saying in a opinion. Maybe a solution is keeping the slots for phones behind your desk in some way so students feel more secure they won’t get stolen.
As a high schooler going into senior year I have definitely seen like how rude kids can be with cell phones in class by like not paying attention or focusing and that you have seen studies that say kids lean better when cell phones aren’t a distraction. While I can see the logic of that like phone are distracting, I’m going to take them away but however I think at the end of the day you can’t force people to learn/participate that don’t want to and having/using a phone with them or not is the students choice. The responsible students that are actually there to learn will take it seriously and the other ones won’t. Learning what’s important to pay attention to and what’s not should be in the hands of the students. By prioritizing a text or some small thing in the classroom should be the students choice not yours. I think by taking phones teaches are overstepping the boundaries of personal belongings and time. Like it’s my time and my phone don’t tell me what to do. By taking there phones you are taking away the “distraction” you aren’t really solving the big issue. Like you said teens are going to be trans and they are the by product of the technology age. I think a better solution is to the issues. for example He would be strict abt phone use, and say “I don’t want to see it we need to focus” but than would give us little mini break about 2 min long to talk/ look your phone. Those led in them self to real world off topic conversation and honestly provided a reward for not using them knowing that at some point it would be allowed. This method I think worked well he was able to be strict and not strict at the same time. A little bit of both worlds. And he was definitely a favorite teacher, because when you go taking students phone that doesn’t still with the students (from experience I’d know).
My high school tried this and kids got so pissed we had screaming matches. Like it was horrible. Now if they are out we get 1 warning. After that it goes in the teachers desk till end of class. If it happens often then they get them back at the end of the day.
My school has the shoe pockets but no one uses it because phones constantly get stolen. I think I’m some cases it can be a good idea but in others it’s not. For example I have extremely bad anxiety. Although I never use my phone in school I get extreme anxiety when I have to put it in the pockets.
Not the brightest idea. People, like me, use old phones. Quite a phew phones are stolen a year, kids forget phones, accidents happen, and kids can’t get their phones, etc. The teacher quickly learned this was a horrible idea, because she had to pay to replace every phone that disappeared (9 phones.)
What if someone doesn’t have a phone or leaves it at home 🤷🏼♀️
I always hated when teachers did this, I never did it and I think it’s such an issue if it gets stolen or they forget it. It’s really not a problem if a kid glances are their phone, but taking it away completely just causes so much anxiety and distraction; phone anxiety may be a problem, but it’s not a problem that can be solved by a teacher
this worked really well in my class but stealing was prevented by numbering the pockets and having accountability for whose phones weren’t in the pockets
I’ve been a HS teacher for 4 years and this past year has been the absolute worst with cell phone use. Unfortunately, I wish students realized how much work goes into us teaching them and creating lessons for them. It’s super frustrating and disheartening when you’ve worked for hours on creating a lesson and then you implement it, but students are on their phones. It’s disrespectful! It’s also annoying because they begin to miss important information.
Here in the Netherlands we have that 2 and it actually worked last year. I don’t know how the schools are in America. Maybe the schoolsystem is different, but ive never heard that somebody’s phone was stolen. (So the comments under this video were quite schocking hahah 😅)
Im reading a lot of things about how peoples phones get stolen with that strategy, what it you had baskets on their desk that they had to keep their phones in face down? that way you could see them reaching for them, and so no one else will have access to them except for the students? just an idea and probably not a good one, but definitely dont want something to happen where peoples phones get stolen!
Makes me happy I have a doctors note saying I am aloud to have my phone on me in classes no matter the rules
This is not working because kids argue with the teachers about putting it in for 20 minutes and then they wast 20 minutes of class or put a fake phone