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Imagine sitting in a classroom, students all around you on their phones. These devices are not being used to send text messages or go on social media outlets, such as Snapchat, Instagram, or Twitter. Instead, their cell phones are being used to do homework, write papers, or study. According to a Cell Phones in School Timeline, “A Pew Internet and American Life Project report reveals that 45 percent of teenagers own a cellphone” (Cell Phones in School Timeline). This survey was done in 2005. Another survey was collected in 2013 that showed the percentage of teenage students that own cell phones went up about 33 percent in those eight years. It has been four years since the 2013 survey and these percentages keep on climbing rapidly. A majority …show more content…

Although the American Teacher magazine states, “More and more districts are having to adopt, or adapt, policies regarding students use of cell phones. To make matters worse, phones equipped with cameras, texting capabilities and Internet access have sparked concerns that these options make cheating easier than ever”, cellular devices do not have to be the enemy (The School Bell Isn't the Only Thing Ringing). Teachers should choose to embrace technology in order to benefit their students. Phones can enrich a student’s understanding of technology, as well as their responsibility. As Thierry Karsenti, a Canada Research Chair on Technologies in Education, claimed about students, “‘They were becoming themselves more responsible in those schools where cells were allowed with specific rules because schools help them become more responsible,’ Karsenti said in a telephone interview. ‘Otherwise who's going to help them become more responsible?’” (McQuigge). A school’s purpose is not only to teach students about subjects such as mathematics, literature, science, and social studies, but how to be responsible as well. By trusting students with phones, they have that opportunity. Next, schools also need to educate students about how to properly use technology. Paul Geller, the president of the Countrywide Council of PTA’s, said ”Cellphones, when used as part of a teacher's lesson plan, might help meet the district's technology needs” (George). Again, all students should be taught how to properly use technology, no matter what they may use. Chromebooks, iPads, the list goes on. But cell phones are convenient because a majority of students already own them, which would not add extra expenses for the school district to pay. When kids use technology, it actually helps many of them learn, and gets them interested in STEM careers. A study done by Verizon

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Teen’s parents might need to overcome their own blind vision. More than 75 percent of parents responding to the survey say that cellphone cheating happens at their children's school, but only 3 percent believe their own teen is using a cellphone to cheat. But even as teens advance their electronic cheating strategies, educators are beginning to fight back with their own anti cheating technologies, such as text-matching software, plagiarism checker, virtual students, and cheat proof tests, experts say. “Experts also say that if teachers hold open discussions, issue warnings, and present guidelines for taking tests and writing papers, kids will be more hesitant about cheating.” This explain, the more teachers and school staff tells students not to use, that curious students try to use phones.

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When they’re texting, looking at Facebook, or cruising on the Internet and listening to a lecture or discussion and trying to take notes, they aren’t dealing with the content as well as they would be if they just focused on listening and note taking.” In the article the author talks about how students are becoming distracted by their smart devices during, which results in the student having bad grades. Also the author talks about methods that teachers could use to get students to put away their phones. Some of the methods include reading your school 's policy on cell phones to the class or creating a presentation on the school 's cell phone policy and having the class take notes for a grade. This article is not credible simply because the only source that they have comes from a blog that a professor wrote.

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The three main ideas of this website are Cell phones and other handheld mobile devices have become essential 21st century tools. Besides the clear problem of students being distracted from schoolwork, there are other disadvantages to too much communication. School officials already spend a great deal of time putting out fires fueled by Facebook and other social-networking sites. Cell phones and other handheld mobile devices have become essential 21st century tools. They are increasingly being used to distribute news and other key information.

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Modernizing Schools In this time and age the number one thing that millions of kids use is an electronic device. Being able to use a phone in a classroom would be a great way to start modernizing schools. It might seem like kids just want to have their phone out in class to play a game or go on social media, but they see them as a great way to help get work done and learn new things. Allowing a phone in class would be a great way for students to take notes, finish tests, do research and many more things.

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Amongst schools throughout the nation, the cell phone policy has been tested and altered to fit the restrictions on their use by students. The different advancements in technology have influenced many teachers and staff to allow leniency to cell phone use in the classroom, with the belief that they have purpose to assist in everyday learning. Others believe they have no place being on school property during school hours since loss, theft, or damage is possible. In addition, cellphones can be a distraction in classrooms which factors in faculty deciding what is to be done about cellular devices on the campus. The use of cell phones should not be in schools because of the amount of distraction it poses on kids, cheating that becomes easier in classrooms because of them, and the safety concerns it raises.

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Of course, the teacher does not have total control over each student, there are means by which an instructor can yield the results she/he is looking for. Although our authors both bring up strong points about the use of cell phones in classrooms, they sometimes overstated the degree to which they are disruptive. The authors also give a good idea as to how the reduction of cell phone use would help classrooms become better learning environments with more respect for instructors and peers and how one’s grades have the possibility of improving once their cell phones have been put away. If purely stating these ideas to students would not help the students use their phones less, then incentives or penalizations can be offered by the instructor to make such a problem

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