Today’s technology is constantly advancing and is creating new ways for people to stay connected. As that technology, including smart watches, emerge in a classroom setting, policies regarding the use of them many times are quick to follow.
“It’s technology, so it’s always evolving and it can do a lot of things that normal watches can’t,” Best Buy employee Tristan Tilson said.
Apple’s smartwatch is growing in popularity among high school students and was Best Buy’s best-selling wearable tech over the holidays. Smartwatches are beginning to advance into a classroom setting. For some teachers, this is becoming an additional distraction.
Business teacher Jim Galloway says he stays consistent with the school policy that phone use in his classroom is prohibited. Students in his class are sure to have heard his saying that “Across the black line, your phone is mine.”
Galloway requires students to put up their phones in a shoe pocket as they enter the class. As smartwatches become more popular among students, he said he will require them to go into the shoe pocket as well.
“I have not had any smartwatches that I know of, but it’s on the policy. All electronics of any kind goes in cell phone jail,” Galloway said.
Teachers are beginning to notice the effect smartwatches have on a class. English teacher Tristen Plemmons recently discovered what smartwatches can actually do.
“A student was trying to find a loophole in my no-cell phone policy, so that’s when I got clued into the fact that smartwatches could do things like texting,” Plemmons said.
Smartwatches are mobile devices worn on the wrist that can access text messages, phone calls, social media and more. Companies including Apple, Android and Samsung produce smartwatches ranging in size, features and price.
“Whenever I don’t have my phone on me, I can still get notifications and text people on my wrist,” said Marissa Eudy, a sophomore smartwatch owner.
Smartwatches can be designed and styled to match individual preferences. Companies offer different style wristbands to attract a range customers.
“Not only are the fashion statements, but they bridge the gap between tech and fashion,” Tilson said.
Smartwatches will likely impact school systems and may create the need for teachers to update policies.
“Smartwatches are cool they can do a lot, but unless you are really ready to make that investment, it’s not usually a gap a lot of people like to make. It is going to be on your wrist a long time,” Tilson said.
“It’s technology, so it’s always evolving and it can do a lot of things that normal watches can’t,” Best Buy employee Tristan Tilson said.
Apple’s smartwatch is growing in popularity among high school students and was Best Buy’s best-selling wearable tech over the holidays. Smartwatches are beginning to advance into a classroom setting. For some teachers, this is becoming an additional distraction.
Business teacher Jim Galloway says he stays consistent with the school policy that phone use in his classroom is prohibited. Students in his class are sure to have heard his saying that “Across the black line, your phone is mine.”
Galloway requires students to put up their phones in a shoe pocket as they enter the class. As smartwatches become more popular among students, he said he will require them to go into the shoe pocket as well.
“I have not had any smartwatches that I know of, but it’s on the policy. All electronics of any kind goes in cell phone jail,” Galloway said.
Teachers are beginning to notice the effect smartwatches have on a class. English teacher Tristen Plemmons recently discovered what smartwatches can actually do.
“A student was trying to find a loophole in my no-cell phone policy, so that’s when I got clued into the fact that smartwatches could do things like texting,” Plemmons said.
Smartwatches are mobile devices worn on the wrist that can access text messages, phone calls, social media and more. Companies including Apple, Android and Samsung produce smartwatches ranging in size, features and price.
“Whenever I don’t have my phone on me, I can still get notifications and text people on my wrist,” said Marissa Eudy, a sophomore smartwatch owner.
Smartwatches can be designed and styled to match individual preferences. Companies offer different style wristbands to attract a range customers.
“Not only are the fashion statements, but they bridge the gap between tech and fashion,” Tilson said.
Smartwatches will likely impact school systems and may create the need for teachers to update policies.
“Smartwatches are cool they can do a lot, but unless you are really ready to make that investment, it’s not usually a gap a lot of people like to make. It is going to be on your wrist a long time,” Tilson said.