A survey for teacher: your thoughts on students using ipods?

1. grade/age range you teach


2. are ipods used a lot? are they a problem?


3. what are your thought on ipod use inside class after lecture? outside class? lunch/break?

A survey for teacher: your thoughts on students using ipods?
It is a big problem in the high school I teach at. Students try to listen to headphones while I'm speaking, and have even answered cell phones in class during a lecture. The problem is that the school has no detention, and rules aren't enforced by the administration and there is nothing I can really do about it. I would not try to take the items b/c many students would rather hit a teacher than lose their ipod or cell phone. It is a nightmare. I'm quitting after this year.
Reply:1) I teach 6, 7, and 8th grade English





2) Students are only allowed to use their iPods when previously approved, usually during reward times that they have earned. I have taken away a few iPods or other MP3 players but not many. Students usually pick up on that pretty fast and they don't want to have to tell their parents what happened. Parents are required to come pick them up from the principal.





3) I play music in my classroom (using my iPod actually, through my computer) I have a play list set up of songs my students have suggested, songs that are all "school appropriate" that is. If students prefer quiet we have other places they can go to work or read. I wouldn't mind allowing iPods in my classroom alone as I have students who download the audio book to go with the book they are reading, however this is only possible if it is a special education student and it is written in their IEP.
Reply:Just use the iPods during breaks...any other time is extremely rude...