[EricH]

Originally Posted by Cory

One of my physics profs had a rule that if your phone goes off, at the end of the quarter you buy pizza for the entire class.

Mine were freshman English Composition (donuts) and Calc II (cookies), next class. Found out about Calc II when someone's phone went off and they wre warned that the next time it happened...

Most of the syllabi have an "electronics" policy that gives an idea of what is expected. It's impossible to ban all electronics--some classes require a laptop--so most will strongly discourage them. My history prof allowed laptops unless he was showing a movie, in which case he'd call "Screens down."

Then again, I didn't have a cell phone until the middle of the fall semester and now that I have one, I keep it off until I'm done with classes for the day.