The Effectiveness of Mobile Computing Devices in Classroom Instruction

Many of our students have smartphones, laptops, and tablets they use throughout the school day for school work. While some students depend on their devices to look up the current fashion trends and football stats, we feel that technology has also enabled students to think in a different way. Many students are quick on their feet to Google information to prove their friend wrong, send texts and emails in less than 10 seconds, and get excited when they are allowed to use their

In the paper “Mobile Devices in the Classroom: The Argument for BYOD Implementation” the author, Blaine Vess, builds a very strong argument about phones in school and the work place. He uses a few different techniques to create a strong point. In this essay I will break down how Vess created such a persuasive paper. The first way Vess creates a strong argument is he uses facts. There are about two strong facts that are given in this paper.

The article outlines how the introductions of portable devices in technology have made communication a common norm in today’s society of the 21st century. Ipads, Smart phones, and AAC devices have become socially acceptable. The article discusses how Arizona has made ground breaking attempts to include technology in all grades from k-12. The writer states it best, “What administrators are finding is that non-verbal kids with devices prove they know a lot more than ever they themselves

The purpose of the Competing Values Framework is to facilitate the process of gaining a better understanding of the various management roles and how they can be applied more effectively in an environment of competing tensions. Each role is distinct and seemingly contradictory, but must be intertwined in order to achieve optimal efficiency; ultimately becoming a high performance manager. This “behavioral complexity"-the ability to deal with the competing demands through the mastery of seemingly contradictory or paradoxical roles differentiates the high performing managers from their counterparts (Hart & Quinn, 1993). In the process of becoming a high performance manager, it is essential to remain authentic by cultivating self-awareness, acknowledging

When pupils use iPads, more learning does not seem like a far stretch. With 100’s of learning apps available for download, teachers are able to customize the iPad and tailor the lesson to the individual child’s needs. This way, advanced children can reach their highest potential without becoming bored while the rest of the class catches up. On the other side, if one or two children are struggling, the rest of the class can move on, while the child receives the help she needs. Sherwood Heights Elementary School kindergarten teacher Susan Lemeshow called the iPads “one of the most powerful teaching tools I’ve ever used. … I can put her on one book, her on a different level book,” she said of two girls in her class. Pupils are doing the same lesson, “but at the level they need,” she

However, using these mobile technologies in a classroom environment has both advantages and disadvantages. Learning with these mobile devices enables students to engage in their study and clearly understand the lessons. At the same time, these mobile devices may be disadvantageous to students if they were used in wrong ways, i.e., to play games and go to inappropriate websites. Both teachers and parents have to guide their children to properly employ tablets in the right way and at the right time. The following are comments from two teachers regarding the use of tablets and smartphones in teaching and

In Tamara Brenner’s article, “The Use of Mobile Devices in the College Classroom”, she stresses that the use of cell phones is distracting in a college classroom setting. This article was published by the Bok Center by Harvard University. Brenner has a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology, and taught undergraduate life science classes at Harvard. Today’s day and age is almost completely dependent on technology. Teenagers and students today have a completely new problem to deal with as far as how to balance cell phone time and lecture time in classrooms. Anybody in a college classroom setting should pay attention to what is in this article, especially students and teachers. Brenner uses strong studies and research papers to inform the reader about the issue as well as looks at all sides of the argument on how distracting mobile devices are in the college classroom.

It would be advantageous if a school helps to foster effective use of tablets in education so that all teachers and students have the tools they need to succeed. It is also essential to set up the learning management system for learning with tablets, including tablet devices and network systems. More importantly, the school should provide adequate training to use technology resources, especially tablet-based technology.

Technology is changing every day, and we are seeing this innovation in more places than ever, especially in classrooms. More specifically, since the release of the first Apple iPad in March 2010 we have seen an overwhelming amount of possibilities that were merely just ideas become available in our classroom. Take for instance wanting to have a class trip to the Guggenheim. Now, this is possible with virtual field trips. The Guggenheim offers a free app that lets individuals explore works of art with a virtual tour and an audio tour. There are several other museums that offer this same feature, such as Musée Du Louvre, The Canadian Museum of Civilization, and the American Museum of Natural History. Say you want to bake a cake with the children in your classroom, but you have a child with allergies. Now, this is possible with a cake baking app called Cake Maker-Cooking Games, and there are number of similar apps that allow the baking of all things imaginable via a tablet. With the invention of iPads, and like tablets came the surge in production of applications or apps. Apps have an interactive nature that allows users to play out real life scenarios, or scenarios that are far from reality. Some may recall the 2009 commercial for the iPhone with the ever popular saying, “There’s an App for that.” Never would we have thought four years later, there really could be an app for almost any and everything imaginable.

A current trend in education appears to be the integration of technology for instructional purposes. One such technological advancement is the inclusion of the iPod Touch in the classroom. This technology hosts a vast array of applications in diverse subject areas that can be used across grade levels. There are many ways in which the iPod Touch can be integrated to customize the learning experience for all (Banister, 2010).

Personal electronics are the best path to providing each child in the classroom a device. When parents send their children to be educated they expect “best practices” to be common habit. Therefore, teachers should use laptops, tablets, computers, and even smartphones in their lessons. The purpose of school is to

As the world of technology is expanding, so is the expectation of the use of electronic devices. In fact, the number of students who become easily distracted during lectures has increased over the years due to the lack of activities teachers provide for their students. Also, numerous amounts of students who are tactile learners have a short attention span, meaning that they need to engage in the lessons that are being taught in order to retain the information they learned that lesson. Schools must implement the use of electronic devices in the classroom setting; not only will it provide students with a memorable experience, but also allow students to master their technological skills for the future.

The devices itself can be used by just about anyone with a little knowledge of the device and with several applications downloaded to the devices you can do several things with a simple swipe of a single finger or just with a touch of the devices screen will allow the user and/or users to operate their device for whatever purpose they have thought out to use it for. Many of our children have wished for an opportunity to farther their education in order to have better chances at what the world has to offer by being more educated about their passions. Today, with this Project Proposal it shall will entail some concerns over the college goers and the devices which may help them become more affective in their learning, by

Nowadays, more and more people depend on digital products. Digital technologies are everywhere, and even bringing many exciting opportunities for the society, especially for the schools (Ministry of Education, 2017). Therefore, not only adults using or play smartphone or tablets at school or outside the classroom, but also many younger people since from their early age have started to use it. From primary,

Smartphones have been a big part of our lives for many years. Some of us had purchased one of the very first smartphones and continued to upgrade over time, and others were born into the world with smartphones being an everyday item. They have impacted our lives in many ways. We use them to learn new information, to keep in touch with family, to learn what’s going on in the world, or even just to escape from the world. But what new ways have we been using the smartphone instead of for entertainment? Some of the generations after us are raised with smartphones and they know them like the back of their hand. Many people have been thinking that maybe they’ll have a bigger advantage if they used their smartphones during school, and there are a select group of people that think that kids are addicted to their phones and should have less time with them. Many schools still don’t allow their students to bring electronic devices to their classes but there are some that like to use smartphones as a study tool so that the students interact and understand the lesson more. Education systems are slowly but surely changing their way and adding smartphones to their daily lessons to help improve students’ academic life.