ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND COMMUNICATION
Laptops, phones, and other electronic devices: From time to time, we will use laptops in class, so please feel free to bring them. However, you may not use them without prior consent from and/or if instructed. For the most part, we will take advantage of the “smart” classroom in which we are located. If you are caught using any device outside the parameters of what’s listed above, I will make note of it. When we do use laptops, please keep them half-way closed during class discussion other than to find key passages you wish to present as evidence.
After three notes, the highest overall grade you can hope to get the course is a 2.0, even if you get 4.0s in all the assignments.
If there is an instance where you need to have access to your phone, please speak with me before class.
E-mail: please check your University of Redlands e-mail daily. Often, I will send out reminders or other material. Also, I e-mail if I am going to miss class.
You do not need to e-mail me when you miss class, unless it is a matter of urgency. 
When it comes to discussing an upcoming assignment: please send me an e-mail ONLY to make a face-to-face appointment with me. Working together in person on your projects will yield a stronger product. Moreover, going back and forth on e-mail about the topic you wish to discuss can be handled much more efficiently with personal contact.
I check e-mail twice: once, in the early morning and then again, in the late afternoon. I do not check e-mails during the evenings or weekends. I respond to e-mails as quickly as I can; however, if you haven’t heard from me within 48 hours, please re-send.
Remember to follow proper professional protocol in writing me: always have a greeting (“Dear” “Dr.”) and end with a signature. Make sure to have proofread and corrected any errors before hitting “send.” If the conversation extends beyond an email and a response, it is no longer necessary to use a greeting. If you must precede my name with some sign, please make it Dr. or Professor, rather than “hey.”