Where's My Thinking?

What have I learned from my reading and annotations so far?

Despite the acticle not being perefectly aliugned with the context of my question, I found that the majority of people whos opinions lied ner the middle, regarding the cellphone ban, had the most intuitive, and peesonally best ideas of the whole group. One student wrote, "Cellphones should be limited, not banned, in schools but with a couple of key qualifications. During class time, I think there should be no phones allowed from when the bell rings to start the class to when the bell rings to end the class. There should be breaks in the middle of the class, as the teacher sees fit, such as how we do in some of my classes, to take a quick break and check notifications before getting back into it. This would hopefully influence students to use dedicated class time wisely and be more “checked in” so to speak while not missing out on possible crucial messages or emergencies that may come through during that class. However, if a student is in a free period, they should be able to use their phone. It is up to the student to use their time wisely outside of class to get their work done and allowing the student to have some independence in making a responsible choice as a young adult in the making is a positive." I related this to the use of phone pockets, which I believed was very effective if correctly enforced: if a teacher didn't care about kids putting their phones in the holder, of course they're going to be on them during class. When correctly enforced, phones could still be accesed and handled at neccesary times, but also put away when focus was needed.

What am I thinking about my inquiry now?

Im actually pretty excited to do more research on the most effective method of reduced cellphone usage in highschool. Maybe if I bring up enough evidence I could even bring this to Dean Douglas to save the underclassmen.

DMU Timestamp: February 13, 2025 22:49