Reading John Warner’s, “Rethinking my cell phone/computer policy” I am compelled to his perspective as a teacher. Being in the classroom and going through the motions of being a students, its interesting see the view from the teacher. This article sparked in response from a tweet from Sara Goldrick-Rab stating, “Classroom’s aren’t prisons. Undergrads aren’t children, Respect them, earn it back”.
Warner says in his article that in his classroom, he does not allow cell phone use in case of emergencies or computers unless its activities related to what he is teaching in class. In my personal opinion I believe these rules are too strict for a college level class. I believe the grade you get at a college level is deserved to the amount of work you put in. Warner seems so believe this too but unless putting the responsibility on himself which was respectful of him. He states, “And for me, wouldn’t this require me to make my teaching as engaging and relevant as possible, as I’m forced to compete with the temptations of the wider world contained in their devices?” I like seeing a professor put responsibility on themselves because I have had experiences where a professor allowed no phones, period, and even allowed no drinking of water. His class was very boring by the way, he lectured the whole class and I don’t recall speaking once in his class.
The Forbes article by Travis Bradbury, “Multitasking damages your brain and career, new studies suggest” is informational and persuasive nonetheless. It made me reflect on my schedule throughout the day leading back to why I may not feel as though certain things are done to the best of my ability. My schedule day to day is busy because of general things like driving, school, work, social life etc. When trying to manage all these things at once, certain points feel as though I’m not performing one side to the best of myself. The article by Bradbury states that doing multiple things at once is pointless and lowers the IQ of one said person. He explains that, “IQ drops of 15 points for multitasking men lowered their scores to the average range of an 8-year-old.”
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