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At the beginning of the year, students are assigned a number and instructed to put their cell phone in that assigned pocket at the start of each class. At the end of class when I give students permission to pack up, they can go and retrieve their phones before leaving class. I like how this system keeps the phone visible to both my students and to me. Students have peace of mind knowing where their phones are and I have the ability to quickly check and see how many of my students might still have phones in their possession. Once this system is explained, I try to get students to buy into my system and be willing to part with their phone. This can be extremely challenging if students are coming to my room from another environment where they have had full access to their phones, so it’s important to have a plan in place for those students. I explain my system to students like this: “I know how addicting my phone can be to me, so I want to help you be free of that temptation for the 40 minutes you’re in my class. Therefore, every day when you come into my class, my expectation is that you put your phone in your corresponding ‘phone locker’ so that you can focus and do your best in class. At the end of class, I’ll tell you when it is time for you to go get your phones.” Then I’ll give my students this consolation: “Now there might be days when a family member is in the hospital or you are waiting for a response from your boss at work so you can make after school plans, so if you really want to check your phone during class time, you can. Just come up, stand by the phone locker, check your message, and then put it back in its locker.” See what I did there. I don’t want students to take my system as a war against them. That only leads to a student-teacher power struggle. 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