Mobile phones have altered our way of life to an unbelievable degree. Mobile phones are by far one of the greatest inventions due to their numerous uses. Day by day, they are becoming an essential part of our lives. Statistics show that about 60% of the world’s population use mobile phones. With the majority of that percentage being the youth. One way or the other, mobile phones have had an impact on the world. The portability of mobile phones make them more of a benefit than a detriment. The use of mobile phones for education has been a debatable topic for a number of years now. There have been many arguments against the use of mobile phones in schools. Concerns such as it being a distraction, an avenue for cyberbullying and sexting have…
Cell Phone Usage More than 4 billion people own mobile phones. But surprisingly only 3.5 billion use a toothbrush. Cell phone usage has become a controversial topic in any school. As students tend to become more advanced,the use of these mobile devices has become very popular. While some students often misuse the cell phone, it has become a staple in many teachers’ classrooms. The problem is some administrators believe that telephones are distracting devices only used for social purposes. I am…
Are mobile phones a blessing or curse? This is one of the questions most people ask when it comes to the use of technological devices. Mobile phones are one of the technological devices that have brought a lot of changes since the twentieth century when it was first introduced. Despite many concerns arising from the use of mobile phones, they continue to improve our lives each passing day. Before hand held devices such as mobile devices, landlines were used as means of communication. These…
How Cell Phones Change People Socially? Cell phones are wireless instruments use for communication. The discovery of cell phones is one of the important technological advancement lately. The use of cell phones has a significant impact in human kind when it comes to physical, social, and health aspects of life. Also, using cell phones influence people in a positive and negative way. In most cases, cellular phone replaces landlines when it comes to communication, and have become an extremely…
“Today, there are more than 5.9 billion mobile-phone subscriptions worldwide, and for every one person who accesses the internet from a computer, two do so from a mobile device”(“Making the Case for Mobile Tech”). Out of the around 7 billion people in this world, 6 billion have some sort of access to a mobile phone. More people have access to mobile phones then they have access to working toilets. Many of these phone users are teenagers that go to school. But when schools limit the cell phone…
Mobile Phones Cell phones are becoming a necessary invention in our life, to the point where it is difficult for people to imagine their lives without mobiles, they are becoming a major addiction. They are used for everything in our daily lives such as communicating with friends and family, keeping up to date with word wide news as well as being able to do work from anywhere. Modern mobiles also allow people to follow and updated with new trends like those in fashion. For these reasons people…
the importance of a mobile phone, thus no one can resist its use and ownership. In a learning institution, it is likely that almost all students and lecturers possess mobile phones; nevertheless, there has been an emergence of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) that has further enhanced the way education and learning is done at various tertiary institutions. Through ICT, there is immediate access to information required for learning and teaching. Several of the benefits derived…
Introduction Over the past 10 years mobile phone usage in the United States has nearly 20 percent. In 2018, 95 percent of Americans own mobile phones (Pew, 2018). People are using mobile phones as a means of communication through text messaging, calling, social media, listening to music, playing games, and internet searches. College students reported to using their mobile phones as a way to keep in touch with family and friends. Aoki, and Downes (2003) labeled four different focus groups of…
to have cell phones in class when they should be better spending their time on studying? Nowadays the typical image that pops into mind when someone mentions class rooms is that of a unorganized, chaotic room where teacher is droning on about the French revolution while the kids are busy texting each other, playing games on their phones and generally ignoring the teacher. Who would like to listen to something boring that happened a hundred years ago when you have the latest version of the subway…
is: Perceptions of Mobile Phones in College Classrooms: Ringing, Cheating, and Classroom Polices. The title of this article is indeed straightforward. The purpose of the article is easy to understand. Anyone, regardless of major would be able to understand the study that has been conducted in this article. I believe the title did a wonderful job explaining all the different factors that were being studied in this experiment. Campbell, S. (2006). Perceptions of Mobile Phones in College…