Should cell phones be banned in classrooms?
The use of cell phones has dramatically increased throughout the recent years. Addition to the usage, the technology of these cell phones has also evolved. Cell phones now have operating systems like smart phones; just about anything can be done on a cell phone. This technology has been over a century in the making. the invention of the cell phone started as early as in the year 1900 and throughout the years new research and advancements of the cell phones were discovered and then in 1973 the cell phone call was made, (Strickland,2011). Observations made of persons in society is that cell phones has become a staple in our society , extremely popular, necessary and useful to almost every individual. There is the ongoing debate that if students should be allowed to have access to cell phones during class. Students do not have …show more content…
In a classroom, while the teacher is teaching and the student is distracted they will miss out on important information. A major distraction for a student is the use of the cell phone. Proven by a study design and stated in an article, “students who use their mobile phones during class lectures tend to write down less information, recall less information, and perform worse on a multiple-choice test than those students who abstain from using their mobile phones during class” (Wiemer, 2012). Accessing social media, games and music can be easily done with the advanced features of the cell phones. Sending messages during class is a major issue and a national poll done in the United States Of America, revealed that students send on average 440 texts every week and 110 of those are sent during class (Common Sense Media,2009). All of these serve as major distractions for the student and students will tend to lose focus easily when their cell phones keep vibrating or lighting when a message is
The use of cell phones has dramatically increased throughout the recent years. Addition to the usage, the technology of these cell phones has also evolved. Cell phones now have operating systems like smart phones; just about anything can be done on a cell phone. This technology has been over a century in the making. the invention of the cell phone started as early as in the year 1900 and throughout the years new research and advancements of the cell phones were discovered and then in 1973 the cell phone call was made, (Strickland,2011). Observations made of persons in society is that cell phones has become a staple in our society , extremely popular, necessary and useful to almost every individual. There is the ongoing debate that if students should be allowed to have access to cell phones during class. Students do not have …show more content…
In a classroom, while the teacher is teaching and the student is distracted they will miss out on important information. A major distraction for a student is the use of the cell phone. Proven by a study design and stated in an article, “students who use their mobile phones during class lectures tend to write down less information, recall less information, and perform worse on a multiple-choice test than those students who abstain from using their mobile phones during class” (Wiemer, 2012). Accessing social media, games and music can be easily done with the advanced features of the cell phones. Sending messages during class is a major issue and a national poll done in the United States Of America, revealed that students send on average 440 texts every week and 110 of those are sent during class (Common Sense Media,2009). All of these serve as major distractions for the student and students will tend to lose focus easily when their cell phones keep vibrating or lighting when a message is