Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Not disruptive, but not attentive. Cellphones in classrooms. You have students in your classroom who are not behavioral issues or sleepers, but they are not attentive to the lesson. The student would rather play on their cellphone or text friends then get engaged. How would you address this issue without turning the issue into a confrontational conversation? Is it worth addressing this student at the expense of losing the rest of the class? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) First, I would start out by going over your classroom policies and if cell phones are allowed or not. I would recommend having a no cell phone policy in your classroom though. If you want all students to be engaged, then there should be no cell phones. Cell phones just cause a major distraction for everybody!