Cellphones In Education

Can students and teachers use cell phones as educational purposes during school? Many schools do not allow cell phones because students, sometimes teachers, use their phones as something other than educational purposes. Cell phones have been around a long time, but just recently the students and teachers have been using smart phones in educational purposes. Fifty eight percent of Americans, thirteen to seventeen years old, own a smartphone and many of these Americans use their phones for their school. Cell phones can be used for educational purposes, not just for students, but also for teachers.

Cell phones are being second-guessed for being able to be used as an educational purpose. This is because most teenagers have a smart phone, …show more content…
Students are more likely to be quieter and more focused when in a group with a smart phone. These students are staying on task by looking up what they need to know and when they are individually working using headphones and letting them listen to music also makes them stay focused. There are many apps that help students when in need of research, such as polleverwhere, babble, Vernier Video Physics, and google definitions. Polleverwhere.com is an online website that allows students to debate over difficult topics against other students in the classroom. This also allows shy students to participate by letting them get in a sentence or two. Babble is another app that will help students, but this helps learn languages such as English, Turkish, Dutch, German, French, and many more. If a school does not provide a certain language that students want to study, they could easily go on this app and find what they need to know. The Vernier Video Physics app is an app designed for students in Physics that are looking to take a picture of a moving object. This app allows students to take a picture of an object in motion and get its position frame by frame. Google definitions is an online website that allows students to look up a word they do not know for English class. There are many other things on a student 's smart phone that could help them in school such as a …show more content…
Students and teachers have a tendency to text their friends or family members during class and it makes it harder for them to concentrate. Students and also teachers, text every single day so it would be just another time to text someone. Students also like to cheat on assignments or even test. Some take pictures of the assignment or test and send it to their friends so they can get a good grade on the assignment. Another reason why cell phones are not allowed in certain schools are because of cyber bullying. Students can get angry at other students very easily and will post mean things about them true or not on the internet. This is how rumors, most of the time are not true, get around so fast, but this can be stopped. Enforcing major rules could prevent students to do these things in class and will make them think twice before they use their phones