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Wednesday, 07 October 2009 17:23 |
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by Kristin Rushowy, Louise Brown, THE TORONTO STAR
An incident involving a student and police officer at a Toronto high school is raising questions about the role students' cellphone videos may play in inflaming incidents.
A 16-year-old student was charged with assaulting a police officer at Northern Secondary on Friday – an arrest now viewed by thousands on YouTube. He has been suspended and the Toronto District School Board is looking to transfer him, the local trustee says.
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 07:49 |
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BY SARAH BOESVELD, THE GLOBE AND MAIL The pocket-text. The below-the-chair button punch. The high-pitched ring tone that no one over 30 can hear.
If you want to know how to use your banned cellphone in class, just ask Grade 11 student Robbie MacIntyre.
"Getting a call in class, you sometimes just put it in your sleeve or, like, if everyone's milling around, you can kind of just get away with it. Teachers don't even see it," says the 16-year-old, who attends North Toronto Collegiate Institute.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:31 |
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Device illegal in Canada, students point out CBC Vancouver The battle between students and teachers over the use of cellphones in schools reached new heights in B.C. when a school principal installed an electronic jamming device to stop the ring tones, the chatter and the text messaging.
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Friday, 01 June 2007 19:00 |
Use of Electronic Communications and Media Devices in School Motion
Whereas, cellphones, BlackBerries, PDAs and smartphones now form an integral part everyday communication and the Internet is a common source of entertainment and information for almost everyone, including students; and
Whereas, these devices have the ability to be used as cameras, video recorders, phones and often have internet access; and
Whereas, there are presently no systemwide rules or regulations governing the use of electronic communications and media devices;
Therefore, be it resolved:
(a) That all schools include provisions in their codes of conduct to ensure that all personal communication devices will be powered off and stored out of view during an instructional class and other areas in the school, unless otherwise authorized by the principal;
(b) That staff provide a report to the Board no later than 30 November 2007 concerning possible changes to policy regarding the use of all communication devices on school premises, based on experience with the recommended changes to school codes of conduct, and with regard to recommendations to be developed by the Ontario Principals Council.
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