How to stop students from scrolling phones during class

“We’ve had students 3d print phones, buy dummies, etc. I tried this method in 2014 and found all the reasons it failed then. My school tried to implement it 2 years ago and found all the same reasons.”source ↗

“How do you actually manage this? Right now they’re banned in the classrooms but they can have them out for lunch and the hallways.”source ↗

“We have lockers but not enough to have them be 1:1 with students. Curious to know what other states do. Is it just a must have it in your backpack at all times? What about sneaking it to the bathroom? And students claiming they need to text their boss or parents?”source ↗

“Teachers are not listening to me when I tell them he can ONLY use it for long writing assignments.”source ↗

“I was out on Friday and he some how made it home with his Chromebook and spent 16 hours on it over night.”source ↗

“Parents are now pretty pissed and demanding a scribe for all writing assignments.”source ↗

“But now I am honestly just terrified I will get locked into a corner with no way to implement gradual release.”source ↗

“I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily cooperative. A lot of kids will put iPods or old cell phones in the pocket so they don’t have to give up their actual phone.”source ↗

“I'm a year in and I'm already so fucking sick of my students and their phones.”source ↗

“i tell a student to put their phone down and during the conversation they've already picked it back up and started scrolling again.”source ↗

“This is hit or miss depending on district policy. In some districts, they tell you if anything happens to a phone, you are responsible. I’m not willing to be responsible for tens of thousands in technology.”source ↗

“Right now, our building's enforcement is incredibly inconsistent. The official rule is vague, meaning students are allowed to keep their phones in their pockets, backpacks, hallway lockers, or classroom storage bins.”source ↗

“Yes and no. It’s a milquetoast, toothless “ban” that puts all the responsibility on teachers and no one else.”source ↗

“Sixth year teaching but first year teaching seniors, AP level, and I cannot get them off their phones for the life of me.”source ↗

“The second they finish copying a slide they’ll be on their phones, some instead of taking notes they’ll be on their phones under their desks.”source ↗

“I really don’t know what to do though because I’ve made my policy abundantly clear but I’m still hitting a dead end.”source ↗

“I don't want to be responsible for 30 phones.”source ↗

“My students were not advanced and I was alone. Most did follow the procedure, but some put old phones or just cases there.”source ↗

“Lmao. Yeah NY here. Cell phones banned. Completely not enforced by admin. I enforce in my class. If I see it it goes to the office and their parents have to get it. I don’t have time to police the hallways.”source ↗

“Must have admin backing. If they won't confiscate them then it will never stop them”source ↗

“What’s working to engage students? Nothing. They’ve been given a constant dopamine drip by having unfettered access to smart phones since they could walk, and now we’re expected to compete with the entire internet for their attention.”source ↗

“What do you do if they’re not on it but you can clearly see it in their pocket? Are you ever worried about them using them in the bathrooms?”source ↗

“Oh... they know how to open the pouches they will sneak them in the building admin will pretend to care and then it will devolve into just write them up. If they aren't taking them up at the front door it's doing nothing”source ↗