[senco-forum] Mobile phones and cameras in school

From: Gaynor Dunkley <gadunkley at hotmail.co.uk>

There was an interesting article in favour of mobile phones in this weeks
TES

What have we got to be scared of? - Jonathan Milne
http://www.tes.co.uk/search/story/?story_id=2570999

Jamie

> From: Gaynor Dunkley <gadunkley at hotmail.co.uk>
> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:57:07 +0000
> To: WrayJanice Wray <jwwray14 at hotmail.com>, <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
> Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Mobile phones and cameras in school
> 
> 
> Hi Janice
> 
> We take a really hard line on students using phones and the cameras that come
> with them. 
> 
> Like you say they are banned but the students bring them anyway . Initially if
> any member of staff see or hear the phone it is confiscated and given to the
> student office where it is kept until the end of the day when the student can
> collect . If this happens again the parent is called and they have to come
> into school to collect the phone.This annoys parents as they have to take time
> to come in but they all signed the contract when student started school
> agreeing to the procedure so don't really have leg to stand on.
> 
> If any student is alleged to have used camera in school and /or posted on
> YouTube it is investigated  ,punishment can be anything from internal
> exclusion or short term fixed exclusion dependent on the case.
> 
> One of the most amusing aspects of confronting students with the claim that
> they have been found out via YouTube is watching their faces as it dawns on
> them that teachers look at You Tube .
> 
> You also have to watch for phone to phone video sharing ,again this is dealt
> with as above . 
> 
> Gaynor
> 
>> From: jwwray14 at hotmail.com
>> To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
>> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:03:26 +0000
>> Subject: [senco-forum] Mobile phones and cameras in school
>> 
>> I was wondering if any other schools had problems with pupils using the
>> cameras on their mobile phones to take pictures/movies in school and post
>> them on youtube ?
>> Does anyone have a neat solution for stopping this - it will probably just be
>> a passing fad and mobile phones with cameras etc have been banned butof
>> course, these days, most mobile phones seem to have a camera on them. These
>> things have just become part of everyday life for youngsters.
>> Anyway, if you have any other thoughts = I'd be glad to hear them
>> Janice
>> 
>> Janice Wray
>> 
>> Secondary SENCO, Herts
>> 
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