<p>I must say, it really is difficult to teach into an environment in which students aren’t pay attention. We might be tempted to say it’s the fault of professors for having “less than riveting lectures”, but sometimes it’s just habit on the part of students.</p>
<p>I ask them to refrain from these activities and honestly tell them it makes me lose my mojo if I look out and people are not with me. Students seem genuinely sympathetic to this.</p>
<p>I think students need to be educated about proper decorum for college just like, in my discipline, they need to learn what a thesis sentence it. I think it serves them to stretch their attention spans and focus.</p>
<p>Then my only problem would be how to stay of my Iphone while they’re doing in class writing! :)</p>