Final Exam Essay
Smartphones are prohibiting growth in our society. Many educators are beginning to permit them in classrooms to aid in teaching. Smartphones should be banned on all educational campuses. People are becoming reliant on smartphones and distracted by them. In order to effectively teach students in classrooms we should not allow them to use smartphones to supplement teaching.
Smartphones are affecting how we do just about everything. Michael Saylor explains it well in his book Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything. He says, “This new capability will disrupt long standing behaviors and intuitions affecting consumers, businesses, governments, and the global economy” (11). We no longer use paper for information. …show more content…
In an article she says... “I believe this kind of technology can provide motivation and scaffold comprehension so that students can read harder texts” (343). Although this may be true. The bad outweighs the good in this situation. Students may gain comprehension of tougher texts but it will be difficult to make sure all students are staying on track and avoiding distractions. This also provides an example of how students may become dependent on smartphones to gain better understanding on subjects. Prior to smartphones students had to gain information by reading textbooks and using critical thinking skills. This skill should still be used in classroom to assist …show more content…
This will again cause some students to fall behind because they can’t keep up with the students who do have cell phones. An article entitled Smartphones Do Not Benefit Classroom Learning speaks on this issue. They say, “The fact not every student owns a smartphone must also be addressed. Regardless of what the future holds, it 's far too soon to be advocating widespread use of cellphones in the classroom” (Smartphones, par 7). It will be difficult to implement smartphone use in all classrooms because of the issue of paying for these
Smartphones are prohibiting growth in our society. Many educators are beginning to permit them in classrooms to aid in teaching. Smartphones should be banned on all educational campuses. People are becoming reliant on smartphones and distracted by them. In order to effectively teach students in classrooms we should not allow them to use smartphones to supplement teaching.
Smartphones are affecting how we do just about everything. Michael Saylor explains it well in his book Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything. He says, “This new capability will disrupt long standing behaviors and intuitions affecting consumers, businesses, governments, and the global economy” (11). We no longer use paper for information. …show more content…
In an article she says... “I believe this kind of technology can provide motivation and scaffold comprehension so that students can read harder texts” (343). Although this may be true. The bad outweighs the good in this situation. Students may gain comprehension of tougher texts but it will be difficult to make sure all students are staying on track and avoiding distractions. This also provides an example of how students may become dependent on smartphones to gain better understanding on subjects. Prior to smartphones students had to gain information by reading textbooks and using critical thinking skills. This skill should still be used in classroom to assist …show more content…
This will again cause some students to fall behind because they can’t keep up with the students who do have cell phones. An article entitled Smartphones Do Not Benefit Classroom Learning speaks on this issue. They say, “The fact not every student owns a smartphone must also be addressed. Regardless of what the future holds, it 's far too soon to be advocating widespread use of cellphones in the classroom” (Smartphones, par 7). It will be difficult to implement smartphone use in all classrooms because of the issue of paying for these