EFFECTS OF MOBILE ADDICTION TO STUDENTS

Technology is advancing every day. “More than 203 million people in the United States use cell phones” (Castle), but schools expect students not to use it. Cell phones play a huge role in high school

“problems concentrating, remembering details or making decisions”(Puri 997) which can impair their overall academic performance. Focusing in classes is a very important role in passing the class. There are many symptoms of depression and loneliness in students,“ Irritation, anxiety and finally aggression are also side effects” (Puri 997). When the students needs of attention are not fulfilled, this can lead to these issues. Depression is another issue that many of these students are dealing with, “Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and sense of well-being” (Puri 997). The overall well being of students is not very high when they are constantly on the Internet. It seems like a lose/lose situation when the students are depressed because they are lonely. They use the Internet in order to avoid being lonely, but then their overuse of the internet is also causes anxiety and depression in the students as well. Students are constantly on the Internet to try and avoid the fact that they are by themselves for the first time in their whole lives. This leads to college students having an increased chance of developing Internet addiction.

The author goes on to say that most people, including the students are accustomed to using their cellphones frequently, and it has several negative effects on their education, additionally it has a destructive influence on their health, so it makes the life, sleeping, and working very difficult, and also complicated.

A second advantage of students having cell phones in schools is for emergency and communication purposes. If a student has a health condition, it is possible for the parent and student to communicate using the phone’s technology if a medical need happened. Also, if a parent’s schedule changed or they had to work late, the student would have a way of knowing what was going on. According to Leyden, cell phones are also needed in case of an emergency (2015). In the news, there are many

Technology is an ever advancing industry and is in some aspects taking over the world. Today most students have a smartphone and they keep it with them at all times. Current smartphones are designed primarily for teenagers and are designed to help student with

Ever since cellular phones first came to be in the 1980’s, people have been using them to carry out conversations, ask questions, or meet new people. Once cell phones reached a height of internet capabilities, smartphones were created. Cell phones from then on ended up changing society entirely. This research study could explain the effects of cell phones from their creation to today’s society and how they would influence the future generations. This study would also focus on the evolution of how cell phones become even more involved in our lives and how they truly influence us. This study would be beneficial to our generation by teaching them how technology is expanding, and the lives of humans will get easier as time goes on. Furthermore, this study would be beneficial as a report on how cell phones came to be in our history. This would expectedly heighten the awareness of society to how different our lives could be according to technological development. To the future researchers, this study could be used as a base for data in future development into how society adapts.

Technology is more present than ever in the modern day society. While technology has evolved in the past years its use has become an important part of the daily life of a person. Many persons revolve around their phone as their phone has become the center of their life. The cell phone industry has taken over the life of many persons and amongst this person it includes students. Technology is often seen in the shape of a cell phone while technology various from cell phones to computers cell phone are amongst the most used model of technology.

2. The hypothesis of the article “effects of classroom cell phone: use on expected and actual learning”, is if a person will get distracted if they are using their phone while doing an activity.

The use of phones in school can help the student’s with assignments that were given to them. If a student was given an assignment that requires them to research a topic they can use their phones to look it up. When the student is told to look up a subject on their phones without waiting. The student won’t have to wait for a computer to be available. If there isn’t enough computers for all the students they can

Technological advances have increased dramatically in the past 40 years. Martin Cooper invented the first cellular phone in 1973, which was called the Dyna Tec, while working for the famous company Motorola. The first cellular phone did not sell well because it was as large as a brick. So now knowing how technology has advanced, it is obvious to see why it is advancing. Although technological advances have affected both the generalized public and society’s teenagers, it seems to have had a larger effect on society’s teenagers, specifically the advances in cellular phones. Not only does cellular phone usage affect a teenager’s social life and literacy, but it also affects their health. Cellular phones have a great impact on a teenager’s social life. The following solution would also be in their best interest without them even realizing it. The over use of cell phones by teenagers will have a negative effect on their academic, social, and mental development.

The controversy over the usage of a cell phone is frequently conversed. Every person has a different view on whether they are good for learning, or they hurt students interaction between each other. These mobile phones provide millions of resources, protection and in fact, increased communication. They are a wonderful benefit to high schoolers, opening a link between the students and more. Therefore, cell phones open up a world of opportunities to their teenage users.

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I have vigorous convictions that lead me to believe that schools should not sanction cell phone use during the school day. Cell phone use causes diversion to the students and affects their classroom participation. They also could be utilized for cheating and incongruous uses. In the article “Should Schools Allow Cell Phone Use During the School Day?”, Henry Punoinoin incorporates the conception that cell phone use should not be allowed at school during the day.

Secondly, it is no doubt that using mobile phones in campuses has many advantages. One reason is that using mobile phones in schools provide a new platform for education systems similarly as laptops, desktops and personal digital assistant (Rankin, 2008). Use mobile phones may help people to download power point slides, take notes, share ideas with others by Bluetooth and research questions on web side etc. Moreover mobile phones are used to check class schedules or take quizzes on the way to schools (Kharif 2008). The other reason is that students may have a good communication with their parents by using mobile phones during school time even for emergency situations. There is two third of parents contact their children during campus time, mainly to awoke them of medical appointments or other commitments. (Beattie, 2009) Consequently, students should be encouraged bring mobile phones to school.

In conclusion, it is clear that mobile phones are not necessary tool for education beside that they can be used as learning, researching, and communicating devices. They can produce many problems that make learners distract from education, feel sick and experience cheating. So it is our responsibilities to choose which one is good or bad about our lives. It is necessary to us to choose the good one which can