More Restrictive Computer Use Agreement

An argument from a teachers point of view about the computer use agreement.

I believe that our computer use agreement is too loose on the students. They are still getting away with playing games, using facebook, and chatting online. We have not been able to stop them from messing around in and out of class. Even when we catch them in the act, they do not stop. We punish them once, twice, but how many times until they get the message? How long will it take for them to respect us enough to stop. What will it have to come to to receive a little respect from our students? I believe that punishment is not the answer, it has not worked yet, and will continue not working in the future. We need to let them know how we feel, how it makes us feel when they would rather listen to their itunes music than listen to us speak. We need to connect to these students to figure out what would interest them more than the computers, what could we teach that they would enjoy? Thank you my fellow teachers for listening to me speak.