In the world we live in today, cellphones could not be educational tools. Students get distracted too easy, the cellphones die too quick and it makes it easier for students to cheat. Though they can be very good resources to use, this generation seems to only be cheating more and more, and not using them for the right reasons. Cellphones are becoming a big problem in schools, and this needs to change. In the classroom cellphones cause to much of distraction. Students are to tempted to text or surf the web when they have their cellphones on, or even with them in the classroom. Students say that they are looking up an answer or doing research, but are they really? These students find any excuse to be on their phones, and it is a detraction to the other kids around them. “Students check their phones in class more than 11 times a day on average” (Reed). Schools need to come up with better way to improve on these rules so that cellphones won’t cause such a big issue in class. Another reason cellphones couldn’t be use as an education tool in the classroom is because they die to fast. If a student is on it the whole class looking up research, then has to go to the next class and use it for a calculator chances are most of the battery will be used up and it will not be useful. Most studies show that when the Iphone was used for 3 hours just doing the everyday things, its battery life went from 100% to 40%. Other studies showed that when using the Iphone for games, surfing the
Phones are easy to use and very accessible by both students and teachers. “Smartphones allow us to take down notes any time, any place.” “smartphones allows you to access resources and material quickly before an exam.” “not only can we make videos, but we can also edit them, add text, filters, effects and more.” This is true because smartphones really do work in a way that is helpful to students and teachers. This evidence is supporting it by just stating that there are many cool and useful ways to use them.
Technology has been slowly integrated into the classroom for many years now. Some maybe older than others, but they have all seemed to make the learning and teaching process much easier and effective. Computers were introduced to the curriculum to help students better understand data collection, research, and word processing and Power Points were even added to give visuals to lessons. Cell phones on the other hand have been given the cold shoulder, and even completely banned by some schools. According to the article, “Are We Dialing Up Disaster,” by George Engel and Tim Green, eighty-four percent of high school students report to owning a cell phone and that number continues to increase (Engel 39). Because students are distracted
The students would not have to make time to go to the computer lab to use a computer, they could instantly research at their desk (Funding , 2014). For students to use a cell phone in the classroom, they would have to be greatly monitored to keep them focused on research, not playing games, texting, or browsing social media. If the students are not monitored when using a cell phone in class, their learning process is hindered greatly. Statistics show that seventy-three percent of teachers admitted that they or their students use cell phones in the classroom (Bautista, 2013). Cell phones can be a distraction for teachers as well as students, if teachers are too wrapped up in their social networking profiles and not concerned with the students sitting before them, they are failing to do their job
Many students have used their cell phones to share answers to tests and quizzes, and to report inaccurate and offensive information about other students and their school. Cell phones can be distractions in the school environment, evading classroom time and reducing student’s academic success.
Having phones as technology in school could help or hinder students education. Some of the reasons phones should be used during class is because it helps with them study, while people say why phones shouldn’t be used is because they may or may not educate them and students spend their being on phones instead of working. Think about the amount of time you send and receive those 200 texts a day and think about the time you can be studying rather than
Cell phones are a powerful tool in today's world, they should be implemented in the education system to help learning, because that's the matter of fact! Cell phones help learning, not hinder it. At least not when the
They should be cell phones in school. There is this one school and when they got iPods in their school. Now the students in there school does lot better in there school. The school has save money and the kids are a lot happier. The school can now afford more things now because of the new iPod.
Many teachers believe that cell phones don’t belong in a classroom because there are several disadvantages. An example maybe a student who uses a cell phone in class has no intension in listening or paying attention to the teacher. This student has a short attention span who cares about socializing more than his/her education. Cell phones can be very disruptive; they can invade people’s privacy and can also be used as harassment or bullying. The usage of cell phones is creating a huge problem particularly when they are used in school.
Cell phones play an integral role in our lives, and we conduct many useful functions through them daily. If a mother wants to inform her kids that she would be late to pick them up from their school, the cell phone would provide a good medium to communicate that message. The cutting-edge technology of cell phones at your fingertips is a very powerful device that can be used to connect with people from all around the world, and it can also save lives as well in emergency situations. However, public institutions such as schools and libraries have gotten to the point where cell phones have become a major controversial issue. Improper cellular usage by the youth mainly caused this. Not just the youth, but adults too
Cell phones aren’t usually that big so it gives the students a great opportunity to cheat. Most of the time during a test, students go to different websites to look for answers .Since they get free Wi-Fi in classrooms; it even becomes easier for them to cheat. In addition to that students can also trade answers with other students in class through Facebook, sms, kik, message and other social apps.Nowadays, cell phones have become one of the most useful source in America. In other words, a month earlier, I was looking through some photographs in my library class .The pictures were about students who cheats on class works, tests, quizzes and homework and can even go to Gail for plagiarism. On the other hand, today’s students take this as a joke. They don’t realize how it affects their grades. You can cheat a lot in life but one day there will be nothing to cheat from or anyone to get the answers from. In spite of this it is not always mandatory for someone to depend on a source more than themselves. This was another reason to explain why students should not be allowed to bring cell phones to school.
Have you ever got your phone taken away? You would probably be mad. On the other hand, you might think that it was your fault for trying to do something that you know you couldn't pull off. I am here to discuss that either phone should or shouldn't be used in school hours. I think phones should be used during school hours. There are very important needs for one. If you forgot something, I could call your mom/dad to come and bring it to you. Also you can use it for emergency. For example, there cold be a breakout in a science lab in high school. The fire is spreading and going down the middle school hallways. If you here about it on time you could save a lot a lives. Luckily, you had you phone on and you call the fireman.
Cell phones can be very disruptive and distracting, especially during a class. In the blog, “Can Cell Phones Be Educational Tools?”, a student pointed out that with internet, students can go on their phones during class, pretending to be doing work. With these devices, it is very easy to hide what you’re doing and the teacher can never be 100% sure that their students are doing what they are supposed to do. If phones were allowed in the class, during tests students could use them to cheat by either looking up answers or texting another student. Cell phones are small, handheld objects that can easily be hidden. Any ringing or vibrating from texts or calls would disrupt the entire class, making it hard for them to actually learn. According to a poll conducted by Common Sense Media, 50% of teens feel that they are addicted to their phones and 80% check their phones hourly. If half of the teenagers ages 12-18 feel that they are addicted and more
How could you? Cell phones are magnificent. We should be able to have our cell phones during school hours. Many school staff members think we should not have cell phones out during school because they are timid that we will cheat or play games during learning time. Students however believe that we should have our cell phones during school. In fact there are many reasons why students need their phones during class. One reason is for pictures. A lot of students like to have pictures for keepsake. In fact 90% of people love to take pictures to save for when they are old. 50% of elderly people say that they wish they had cell phones when they were teenagers. Did you hear that? Yes, which half of the old people wish they had cell phones when they were teenagers. The problem for this generation is that we have cell phones, but can not use them at school. Do we really want to be like the elder whom teachers took their phone when they tried to take a picture? I do not think we do. Anyway let us get back to the subject. Why do we need cell phones during school? Let us find out.
Have cell phones taken over lives, or have we taken over our own lives? Cell phones have been around for 40 years, and continue to become more improved with new features everyday. However, is this necessarily a good thing? 40 years ago kids went outside and had good times with their lives. They didn’t have a care on what went on around them. Today, however, you don’t see kids outside in the middle of the street playing, instead they are inside playing on their phones waiting on a friend to text back. It makes you wonder without phones can kids have face to face conversations with someone, or will they just sit next to each other in awkward silence not saying a word? Can they solve problems on their own without having the capability to look it up or text a friend? Cell phones have changed the world, but it hasn’t changed the world for the better.
In conclusion, as a student I prefer to use a cell phone for learning because in my opinion, its more fun than holding a book, reading from it and memorising information's from. Also, cell phones contains all tools a student needs such as: calculator.etc. But I don't really know if its possible to think that there could be, in between the deafening ring tones and the obsessive text messaging, some redeeming educational qualities to these