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Did you know that over 73% of all Americans own a cellular device? There has been more computers made in the the last five years, then there were kids who went to school in the 1920’s. First and foremost, cell phones are one of the biggest inventions we’ve had in the last 100 years. People use to have to walk and meet their friends if they wanted to talk. Nowadays all they have to do is press a couple of buttons. Back then mailmen didn’t just carry around boxes like they do now. They still…

Increasing studies show there are health risks to staying connected to the digital world. Learn how just the act of putting your cell phone down can make you happier. Do you ever think how often you check your phone? Whether it’s a text, a notification, or just to open the home screen and waste time? A study by Qualtrics and Accel found that young people check their phones up to 150 times per day. Another study done by Common Sense Media reported teens spend an average of 9 hours a day using…

Should students be allowed to grade their teachers? Imagine, you are an eighth-grade student walking into your new classroom. As you go to sit down your teacher says that phones are allowed to be used in the classroom. You and your friends are extremely happy because you get to play on your phone during class. As your teacher is demonstrating how to show if a graph is or is not linear. You go home that day and you don't know how to add two numbers. Cell phones should be banned in classrooms and…

Summary: In a Japanese restaurant in New York, every person was guilty of having their phone out. The same thing happened at multiple other places. Individuals are constantly being distracted by their phones, resisting temptations. Martha Lane Fox believes that everyone should be nudged towards technology usage. She is pushing those who simply steer away from technology to start to use it. However, there is hope for those who are attached to their cell phones. By slowly easing ourselves off…

How phones effect your everyday life Rough Draft For many of us, myself included, our cell phone screens are the last thing we check before we go to bed at night and the first thing we look in the morning. I see people texting and driving and almost every day I am behind someone at a red light who is looking down when the light turn greens. When you eat out, it is completely normal to see patron's cell phones at the table by their beverage. Also normal to see them checking their device during…

We live in a time where the Internet is in the same class as water and electricity. The Internet is a utility that everyone needs to have access to in their daily life. Internet service providers need regulation because consumers and content providers deserve to use the internet at a decent cost and speed and removing regulations only serves the ISPs. Regulation like net neutrality is a great thing for both consumers and content providers. It is important because everyone gets to access and…

Annotated Bibliography Engel, George, and Tim Green. “Cell Phones in the Classroom: Are we Dialing up Disaster?”. TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning 55.2 (2011):39-45. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 February 2015. Within their article, authors Engel and Green discuss the introduction of the cell phone within the classroom and the intention for it to be used as a learning device. The authors begin by discussing the popularity of cell phones among students…

NBC Miami recently featured a story regarding a danger in our correctional facilities. Contraband cell phones have been a huge issue recently. Being brought into facilities by visitors, and even drones; the issue has resulted in dangerous conditions both inside and outside the facility walls. Robert Johnson is a former corrections officer, who's personally been affected by the illegal devices, is lobbying to get legislation passed to require technology to stop the problem. Partnering with…

My first article was titled “Do Cell Phones Belong In The Classroom?” by The Atlantic. In the average high school these days everywhere that you turn and look you can see a cell phone, which may not be such a bad thing. Most schools now allow cell phones in classes merely for safety reasons alone and fear that has sparked from school tragedies worldwide. Now because of these policies there is obviously some abuse to being allowed to use cellphones during school hours, but there is also a…

The number of mobile phone users in the world is expected to pass the five billion mark by 2019. In 2014, nearly 60 percent of the population worldwide already owned a mobile phone. The invention of the cell phone is estimated to continue growing, rounding up to 67 percent by 2019. Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. In 1973, Dr. Martin Cooper invented the first personal handheld telephone while working for Motorola. In 2000, the first Symbian phone, the…