From Central Michigan Life:
“We as professors need to be flexible with electronic usage i[n] the classroom,” [Central Michigan University journalism professor Mary Pat Lichtman] said. “But there needs to be cooperation from the students.”
Lichtman said college should be treated as a job with professors as students’ employers, and added that if students wouldn’t text in a meeting they shouldn’t do it in the classroom either.
January 18th, 2011 at 8:55PM
There seems to be a trend here. A few weeks back I read this suggestion to shift to ‘professionalism’ as a grading rubric. It fits very well with the stated goals of our general education and program, so I’ve adapted it for my syllabi, starting this semester.
I don’t know that it’s going to actually affect their behavior, but I feel more like an adult.
January 18th, 2011 at 9:55PM
Please. Text in a meeting? Nobody texts during meetings. They simply email on their tablets and pads. Texting is sooo 2010.
January 19th, 2011 at 8:52AM
A very bad example is being set by several of our senior administrators. They show their hatred for each other by texting ostentatiously while one of their enemies is speaking. Sad.
January 19th, 2011 at 2:30PM
Umm…I decided that if the provost could use her blackberry I could check my email on my iphone.