Classroom teacher's view: Cellphone ban likely more trouble than it's worth

hey're supposed to be paying attention, but some are on their smartphones instead. The instructor is a little annoyed, as she should be.  

But this is not a classroom full of students obsessed with their smartphones and their devices – it's a faculty meeting.  

Yes, some of the same teachers, myself included, who don't allow phones in class, are sneaking a peak at theirs, perhaps not an hour after lecturing our students about having their phones out or snapping, "Put that damn phone away!"