Pros And Cons Of Cell Phones In School

When in emergencies kids usually turn to their electronics to contact others for help. Students want to have reassurance and know that if any inconvenience occur they can reach their parents or others as soon as possible. Most parents and children like to stay in touch with one another at all times. Especially if there's a change of plans after school or if there's any accidents that appeared and need to be evacuated immediately. Aside from, rivals say that students are most likely to lose their cell phones. In the meantime, students would be responsible and put it in a safe place at the appropriate time. For these reasons, cell phones should be tolerated on school property in cases of

* You can be in touch with your children, and know their whereabouts. (The Pew study noted that 48 percent of parents use the phone to monitor their child's location.)

Most schools do not allow the use of cell phones in school or in class, so the school feels like changing their policy of cell phone use might be a bad idea. Students could take advantage or miss use the privilege of phones in class. There will always be students who act out in class, but the school must discipline those who do and reward those who do not.

Phones can be used for mobile learning and be cost effective for schools. 70% of schools that had cell phone bans in place five years ago are reversing their policy, because they see devices as a learning tool instead of a distraction. Educators are really seeing devices as a learning tool, not just something for entertainment. Even though some kids might abuse the policy of having phones, they can be put to good use. Smartphones allow you to access resources and material quickly before an exam. In some schools, students bring their own devices to save the school money, so they can buy stuff like pencils, printers, paper, and etc.

Hmm, phones in the classroom! What do you think? That is a debate between billions of people in the world today. Children all over the world have phones, but they can not have them out during school hours. Cell phones are important to so many kids and adults. These devices have been around for so long, and many people can not live without them. All around the school campus, students are miserable without their phones. In the world today, about three-fourths of the U.S. population have phones. A cell phone is an important thing to some people. Without cell phones, kids wouldn't have access to their social media accounts like Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more. So take this into consideration, even if it is in one class, students should be allowed to get on their cell phones during school hours.

Most kids will use their phones to help on school work they don't understand and if something bad happens like an emergency students will be able to call for safety or help. Another reason to allow phones is for kids to keep communication with many family and friends and say a kid forgets a project or something important at home. They can ask a family member to bring it to them.

Children who are responsible for making their own way home after the school day or have medical issues greatly benefit from the use of cell phones. Children who walk home from school are immediately able to contact their parents and inform them of their current location. Children with medical issues can use their phone to request medical

By doing this, students will be able to have cell phones on them for communicating to parents, research, and emergencies that may happen throughout the day. The plan is to reduce anxiety about getting caught with your phone in school, and to make communication to parents easier. Students would be able to have their phones, 1st through 7th hour, and would be able to have their phone on them at all

their cell phone during school it will make it easier of a chance for kids to get some type of

Many places in society are setting policies on digital device. The principal at my school has also set policies on banning cell phones in school. Students should not be permitted to use cell phones in school. Using cell phones during school allows students to cheat. Students will be more distracted by cell phones and pay less attention to the teacher and to the lesson. Students have a higher chance of getting in trouble if they use cell phones in school rather than if they are not allowed to use digital devices in school.

The introduction of cell phones in the classroom may have many overall effects, depending on how they may be used. If used in a correct and responsible manner, cell phones may be able to supplement the overall learning and academic of students by providing additional resources and tools, such as calculators, cameras, and the internet in order to help expand the lessons being taught in the classroom. Additionally, outside the classroom, students may benefit from these devices by having a way to be able to contact their parents such as in an emergency, or simply by being able to call them in order to arrange a safe place to be able to pick them up after school. Conversely, the use of cell phones may not always be used in such a safe, responsible, or lawful manner. For example, students may use these devices in order to cheat on their homework or even tests. Students may look up answers on the internet, or maybe even text a friend for the answers on a test. Furthermore, some concerns voiced by teachers are that they may become a nuisance if they are brought to class and constantly going off and distracting students in class as well as the teachers from the lessons. Finally, in an extreme case, these devices could be used to possibly call the school to warn of a bomb threat as prank or to cancel class. The use of these devices have many pros and cons associated with them and must be weighed carefully before deciding what place these devices may have in a school setting and how they help or hinder

Ding ding. The student’s phone distracting the whole class when he texting back and forth with a friend sitting across from him. Kids each day get more and more addicted to their phones. Electronics even affect kids grades. Children each day are getting chained to their phones; therefore their grades are dropping. The generation of cell phones has greatly affected us humans because children in school can be on their phones watching the next best thing while a class is going on, it is distracting the kids around them and themselves. The more cell phones that are allowed in school the more children are on their phone letting their grades drop because they are distracting themself and others. The students seem happy with their cell phones, but cell phones in school is defective —there was a problem.“It found that following a ban on phone use, the school's' test scores improved by 6.4%. The impact on underachieving students was much more significant -- their average test scores rose by 14%” (Kottasova). Cell Phones in school is superfluous because keeping students distracted can lead them to flunking their tests, can cause cyber-bullying to increase, and cheating on other test which can lead to getting in trouble.

According to Gurian, in the article, “Kids and Cell Phones: Staying Connected,” she concurs with the notion of children having a cell phone to connect with their parents, which enables parents to locate their children more easily. This gives parents an opportunity to call them, in case of an emergency. Conversely, children can call their parents if they will be getting home late and most importantly when a child has an emergency. As well, children can take advantage of applications a cell phone has such as calendars, reminders, and alarms. For instance, if the child has important research paper, test, or competition the child can keep track of this occasion using the calendar or reminder. Additionally, the alarm can help the children program the time she will be waking up during weekdays to go to school. This can help children develop a discipline for waking up early.

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.

The World Bank has embarked on a general survey of issues related to the use of mobile phones in education in developing countries. The study is intended to help to raise awareness among key