Stephen,
This situation is becoming ubiquitous in nearly all secondary education classrooms. Whenever I can, I stand at the rear of the room so laptop/PC screens are visible to me. I put a note in the syllabus that speaks to "authorized" and "unauthorized" viewing sites during class sessions. At other times, I will specically say, "turn off your computers for this next section". Most students will generally adhere to instructor requests and expectations. A few students will always do what they want, when they want, when they can, regardless of our efforts to control the environment. I agree that proactive… >>>
