...CELL PHONES IN SCHOOL Who doesn’t have a cell phone these days? The amazing thing about cell phones is that they are no longer just used for calling or texting. They have become an indispensable multi-tool wonder. Today’s cell phone is cutting-edge technology at your fingertips. With this in mind, should students be permitted to use cell phones in school? I believe they should not just be permitted to use cell phones, they should be required to use them. Cell phones don’t just allow students to stay connected with family and friends, they are also an excellent learning resource, and they encourage the responsible use of technology. To begin with, cell phones make it possible for students to stay in touch with family and friends. A student can call home and ask a family member to bring them a forgotten assignment or lunch money or to come pick them up if they are sick. Also, cell phones allow parents to keep track of their children’s whereabouts before, during, and after school. And, of course, there’s always the possibility of a student needing to contact a parent because of a dangerous situation. Thus, having a cell phone is like having a guardian angel. Students can also connect with friends, but not just because it’s a fun thing to do; my teacher asks us to text or email our friends when they are absent to let them know what’s going on in class and to inform them of any homework. When used responsibly, a cell phone can be an excellent communication...
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...Use of Cell Phones in Schools Rationale For better performance, advancement in technology has allowed mobile phones to perform various functions (Anderson, 2001). A cell phone is a great device, it can be used in education such as downloading educational apps and other educational materials (Anderson, 2001). In this case, there is a debate on whether they should be restricted in schools or they should be allowed as part of reference materials for their learning. Cell phones in classes will always cause distraction when lessons are on session, most of the students will spend most of their time playing games and watching videos instead of concentrating on their study, which leads to poor performance. The use of cell phones in schools leads to cheating. Students will use phones to send answers to questions to their friends, we have had so many cases of students been caught cheating using their cell phones. Cell phones are expensive and not everyone can afford, students without will be tempted to steal (Bianchi and Phillips, 2005). Everyone has his or her own opinion hence would like to be involved in the discussion to give to his or her own views about the topic. The best audiences to be involved in this kind of discussion are the students. The importance of the chosen topic is to give evidence on how students understand the social impacts of cell phones on life or work balance. The study is designed to provide the students with information on how the use of cell phones in schools...
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...Cell Phones in the Classroom Cell phones have been a constant debate since they were made more and more affordable to the public, especially once teenagers were able to get a hold of them. The author, Robert Earl, proves the problems that they cause in the classroom through two examples; drop of a student’s focus and attention span and a declining ability to think on their feet. Through these examples Earl is able to point out how cell phones do more harm than good in a classroom. Earl also explains that there are ways to incorporate these devices into everyday learning. Imagine yourself walking into a class of high school students. One would expect to hear kids scribbling on notepads, writing down what the teacher is explaining in the front of the class. However, you hear small, inconsistent giggling, and constant, faint tapping noise. You begin to think to yourself “what is that?” It turns out it’s the endless flood of messages that the students are receiving, causing them to lose focus and not pay attention to the instructor. Wouldn’t this multi-tasking cause a student to lose focus and lose certain educational abilities? Earl addresses this stating; “multi-tasking can reduce productivity by 40%, increase stress and cause an fall of 10 points in IQ levels, according to a Harvard study.” Even with this shocking evidence, many high schools choose to ignore it, “after all, it is a generation of short attention spans.” With all of this decreasing ability to focus and be...
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...checking his phone to see the time but his teacher took it. He had just wanted to know what time it was because their clock is covered up. There are new upgrades to technologies every year and with the population on the rise the only option to deal with cellphones is integrating it into the school system or completely banning cellphones at school and make the consequences far worse than getting you phone taken away for the hour or the school day. Although phones can be a distraction, students should be able to use phones in school because tools help students while learning,apps help school save money on books, and they help students stay organized. You would have to buy a calculator if you didn’t have one on your phone,you would have to buy a computer to get emails if we didn’t have remind or google classroom,If we didn’t have the internet we wouldn’t be able to access any information in case the textbook doesn’t have all of the data needed to finish a paper the teacher didn’t take from the book. Clock: studies have shown that more people are reaching for their mobile phone to check the time rather than checking their wristwatch. Why not check the weather on your mobile device too?-Go Conqr. I believe that the...
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...Today in my paper i'm going to be talking about why should cell phones be allowed in school and tell you all the good things if teachers would let us used phones in class and for little things it will make things easier for all of us and for sure i know that not all parents want the school control phone use & students learn in a way they comfortable some cell phones providers offer tools for parents to control our cell phones. Now i'm gonna tell you what i think about cell phones in school well i think that we should be able to use them because it makes things easier and it helps you at the same time like if you don't know how to spell a word you can go look it up and it's way easier and at the same time you make things easy for teachers...
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...Can Cell Phones Be Educational at School? Have you ever wondered why schools don't allow students to have phones, but teachers can use their phones? Most schools only allow students to have phones in school if they are turned off and in the locker, but many people want to change that, even teachers. Although phones may be distracting for students, phones should be implemented because students can download practical applications on them and there is convenient access to instant communication. Cell phones are useful because they have many helpful applications that can be downloaded (Leyden). One of the many tasks it can carry out is acting as a graphing calculator (Leyden). It ends up saving you hundreds of dollars and a lot of space. A dictionary...
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...Should Cell Phones Be Allowed in School? As society grows older and develops, technology seems to advance and augment with it as well. Many teachers hate the idea of phones at school. Unsurprisingly, the younger generation support the idea. There are several valid reasons as to why cell phones should be allowed in school. Firstly, cell phones can help salvage money. According to MediaSmarts who surveyed around 5400 school kids in each province and territory of Canada in 2014, they discovered that the majority of the kids in grades four through eleven had their own cell phone, while nearly one in four of the youngest children owned a mobile device. Having monitored cell phones in the classroom to use for schoolwork are very useful for teaching, considering many, many kids come to school which is not uncommon, allowing cell phone usage would make accessing the interest much easier and help schools save money. Not to mention, cell phones can help students be or become more organized. First of all, most students do not carry a paper planner or agenda. We all know that many of the agendas given out in the beginning of the year end up in the back of school lockers, at home in a closet or the trash. We need to incorporate their cell phones and or iPod Touch devices as their planner. That way, teachers can give them homework reminders, let them poll, and study using these devices. Having since it integrates with the personal calendar on the device, so students can be even more...
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...In 2004, only 45% of teens had their own cell phone, that percentage has risen through the roof in 2017. Almost every teenager has one now. Schools don’t allow phones in classrooms, but they should allow them because they have educational tools that are not available in classrooms, they can help kids do their online homework or assignments, and they also reduce the amount of paper wasted each year by schools. Here’s how cell phones can be turned into something useful in the classroom. My first reason is that some schools/classrooms cannot access all of the technology needed for that subject but a cell phone can get you tons of online learning activities. (ex: an online website, timer/stopwatch, the news, getting inspiration/ideas, ect.) “At...
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...Why Cell Phones Should Be Allowed in School By: Jakob Steinke People throughout the years needed to call their parents if they forgot something, and the teacher just won't let them use their cell phone!!! Cell phones should be allowed in school because they are very good for researching, you can call your parents in case of an emergency, a camera equipped phone can be used to take pictures and video related to school projects or develop photo essays,research in high school is a lot and cell phones can limit the amount of time you spend on the computer, and most importantly, cell phones can also be used as reminders for tests. Clearly, this essay shows that people should be allowed to have cell phones in class. The first reason why cell phones should be allowed in schools are because they are very good for researching. “They should be allowed in school! They help us and what if our laptops break?! What are we gonna do?! Book work? No we should use our cell phones!” www.Debate.org. I have researched on my phone about school related projects such as, Marilyn Manson, the human body, and Will Smith. As you can see, one reason cell phones should be allowed in classrooms is, that you can research on them....
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...I’m Brayden of Ms. Folendorf’s class, I believe that we should keep the school cell phone ban.. I believe this because in an average class of 25 kids with access to social media, only 1-2 of the kids get their homework done. It has also been proven that social media makes it harder for students to switch subjects and remember key details of a lesson. The final reason cell phones should stay banned is if students use their phones for research, it is very hard for the students to sort the research and may see inappropriate content. If students do get the privilege, they may get distracted while doing homework, this is proven in the article: “Cell Phones In Classrooms? No! Students Need To Pay Attention “ that very few people will complete their homework, a teacher ran a test and only 1-2 people had completed their homework and had completely shut off their electronic devices. This means that the kids had gotten very little homework done . In a survey by Pew Internet: states that “ 65% of kids admit bringing their phones to class even though they are banned.” Accordingly, if any of this happens in our school, it could very well affect the education of our school, this gives me the idea that this would be a fatal blow for the school and kids won’t get the necessary amount of education that is required....
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... Should students be allowed to have cell phones in elementary and high schools? Personally, I believe students should be allowed to have cell phones in elementary and high schools. However, I don’t believe students should be allowed to use them during school hours. It is very useful for a student to have their phone after school when walking home just in case of an emergency. There are plenty of kids I know that get scared to walk home but have no choice. There are also a few kids I know that go to a friend’s house without asking. Being scared to walk home seems strange maybe, but, I know what this feels like. Being on the phone with my mom or friend helped me deal with my fear and to overcome it. It is also very nice to have a phone on you when you are getting a ride with a friend. This is because you can call your parent and let them know to save their gas. It’s a win win situation at that point. If it were allowed for elementary and high school kids to have their phones, I believe there would be less abduction’s that end badly. The reason I believe this is because with the new GPS apps on most phones these days, parents can track their child as long as the child has their phone on them. My older sister has wondered off without my mom’s permission and because of the AT&T family map GPS; she was able to track her down. Some abduction’s I have heard of happened at a bus stop or while a child was walking home from school. Having a phone on them could have made it possible...
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...Carrie Underwood once said “My cell phone is my best friend. It’s my lifeline to the outside world.” Carrie Underwood and most of the KHS students agree we should be able to have phones in school. Phones should be aloud in school in case someone has an emergency or needs to contact family. Phones should be allowed for family emergencies. If there is a death of a family member and the student needs to be pulled out of school to take care of things. If someone is hospitalized from a heart attack or stroke and the student needs to leave. Also if someone in the family has a baby and they student needs to leave to go see them and get things ready to go for the baby and the family member. Phones should also be allowed so someone can call their mom...
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...Should students be allowed to have cell phones in elementary and high schools? Personally, I believe students should be allowed to have cell phones in elementary and high schools. However, I don’t believe students should be allowed to use them during school hours. It is very useful for a student to have their phone after school when walking home just in case of an emergency. There are plenty of kids I know that get scared to walk home but have no choice. There are also a few kids I know that go to a friend’s house without asking. Being scared to walk home seems strange maybe, but, I know what this feels like. Being on the phone with my mom or friend helped me deal with my fear and to overcome it. It is also very nice to have a phone on you when you are getting a ride with a friend. This is because you can call your parent and let them know to save their gas. It’s a win win situation at that point. If it were allowed for elementary and high school kids to have their phones, I believe there would be less abduction’s that end badly. The reason I believe this is because with the new GPS apps on most phones these days, parents can track their child as long as the child has their phone on them. My older sister has wondered off without my mom’s permission and because of the AT&T family map GPS; she was able to track her down. Some abduction’s I have heard of happened at a bus stop or while a child was walking home from school. Having a phone on them could have made it possible to...
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...Should cell phones be allowed in school? Does restricting cell phones in school actually make students do well in school? A total of 65.1% of students indicated that they refrained from cell phone use during class time while 34.9% said that they used their cell phone during class time. The faculty indicated that they refrained from using the cell phone during class time. Also, a total of 53.3% students indicated that they used the text message feature during class time. Many schools have already lifted the ban on cell phones in school. Many advanced placement teachers allow phones in their class rooms. I concluded that there are many possible good and bad things about allowing the use of cell phones in school. Keywords: Cell phones, schools,...
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...(Students and cell phones) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 3-4 BODY School Emergencies 4 Reduced Emergencies 6 Staying Connected in a Time of Need 6 Unethical Usage 7 Cell Phone Abuse 8 Cell Phones in the Class Room 10 Limiting Student Use of Cell Phones 11 Short Term Solutions 11 CONCLUSION 12 REFERENCES 16 INTRODUCTION In modern society people rely on technology to stay connected and the cell phone is the most versatile way for them to do just that. Cell phones have become indispensable tools for far more than just making phone calls. They act as a mobile office, an Internet browsing device, a personal digital assistance, a calculator and more. The explosion of cell phone ownership in the last decade has presented a challenge for institutions of learning all over the United States. The concern has been raised that cell phones are disruptive to the students overall education. A district policy has not yet been standardized in all schools; while some allow them and implement an out of sight out of mind rule, others simply ban them from the campus. There was a time when parents would only buy a cell phone for their child to use during emergencies. Now it is not unusual to have a High School where almost...
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