Going Mobile In Classrooms

“Man! My teacher took my phone away for me researching some help on my topic.” Do you hate when this happens? Some people believe that students should be able to use their cellphones in class, others strongly disagree. They should be granted this privilege because it saves a lot of time, it can help us transition into our new modern technology, and it can also help get the work done.

Many believe students should be able to use cell phones/tablets in class because it saves a lot of time. Using these devices can save a lot of time because you don’t have to go through the book and search, this is time consuming. Using these devices saves time also because they can give you a direct answer, this can save a load of time. As quoted by Osama Altairy “Instead of using your head for complicated problems or even using a book a calculator on you device can save a massive amount of time. With saving this time students may be able to review their answers with another student quietly to make sure they have accurate answers.”

Secondly Altairy also states, it helps us transition into our modern technology. “It helps us transition because we as the entire human population are changing our ways and rapidly creating new technology.” If we continue not to use this technology we will not create new forms of it. Also what would help us the most transition into modern technology is if we begin using this technology in school because with this technology at schools it would teach students the ways of their modern technology and help them also make the change. It may be hard to make this big change mostly for the teachers because they would need to learn more about the technology and less about the books but it is all worthwhile because we must move on and accomplish new ways to learn.

Quoted by Fatima Ajrouche “Yes I agree that moving into modern technology can be a great step by humans because it can show how advanced we are in our technology and can soon push us to better accomplishments.”Although there may be some side effects to this transition to technology use some can affect learning in many ways.

cell phones in class

Those who oppose worry some students may decide to abuse this wonderful privilege and decide to text, play games, and waste lots of time that could be used on learning. This would be the most concern to teachers and others that work for the school district; without the students paying attention while they are teaching they might be texting or playing around on the device. Also while there are always those students who blow off work and decide that they don’t want to participate in the silent work and they will not do the work, this can also be a huge problem. Fatima also adds that “ most of the students would support this because they will think they can get away with abusing this privilege, this is why it’s a bad idea and will give teachers major headaches.”

Lastly it can help get work done; students would begin giving it 100% when they find out they can use a new device. Students would begin working harder to get the work done or to even do their work for starters because they would like this new idea. As Osama Altairy quotes “I believe most student will take this privilege but abuse it and go on games and text their friends.”

As you can see many people think alike and most of us students believe that others will abuse this magnificent privilege. As I included using mobile phones or devices can help in school learning because they save a lot of time, they help us transition into our new technology, and can help get work done. What do you think?

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by , Former Unis Journalist

 

14 Comments

  1. Good issue, Houssein, I’m glad you wrote about it … but those pictures … ? Let’s shoot our own. Every good story can be told in more than one medium. Writing, yes, of course, but also in photography, graphics, video, audio …

  2. I really enjoyed this story and can agree with some of the points you made. In modern society, phones and other forms of technology are very useful resources that can make things like school and assignments easier, which is why I agree that students should be allowed to use them in classes.

  3. i agree because the problem that the math or any teacher gives us is hard and it gets harder so yes we should us are phones to help us with the work the teachers give us.

  4. I really like this piece because it tells us both sides of the argument. Although, I do think students shouldn’t be allowed to use cell phones in class because most will take advantage of it. Students are fine learning the way they are today, by textbooks. Using textbooks also helps the brain stimulate because while looking for the answer, you are reading other information so it is much better than searching the answer up and getting a direct answer.

  5. Great story!! I really think that students should be able to use there cell phones in class to only help them on work not to mess around and go on other social media.

  6. The idea of being able to use your phone is class is nice, but there are those people who will take advantage of it. And what would be the point of doing work if your not working to find the answer, googling it doesn’t help you learn.

  7. This was great because it showed more than a side of how people feel about this topic. The wording was great and really described everything.

  8. Great Article I agree with your statement but teachers need to be alert when kids are on their phones If they can monitor well, this shouldn’t be an issue

  9. This story was great!!! I really liked it because it showed two sides of what people think about using phones in classes. But i think that students should actually use phones in class only when they need it not go on social media or anything like that.

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