School disruptions can come in a number of forms. Ringing cell phones can disrupt classes and distract students who should be paying attention to their instructors. Text message has been used for cheating and is another huge distraction to students. And new cell phones with cameras could be used to take photos of exams, take pictures of students changing clothes in gym locker areas, and so on. These are many of the issues that cell phones can cause.
'Laptops, just to touch on one small slice of a district’s technology budget, are much more versatile yet uniform than cell phones.' Is a qoute from the article and I agree with the fact that why would we look into buying students cell phones when schools are still in need of computers and laptops. These tools are the real tools that will help our youth prepare for the future.
Now lets look at the positives of cell phones in our schools... I'm waiting... Okay so cell phones are a way to integrate technology into the classroom, but I'm still not sure it is worth the risk, and not every student has a cell phone or a cell phone with the capabilities of others therefore some students are going to feel left out and not connected like other students. I feel for the sake of school safety and policy cell phones should be prohibited other wise school boards are saying that cell phones are allowed becasue of public pressure and convienence.
I have never thought about students using their cell phones to cheat on tests, that is an excellent point. It would be great to keep cell phones out of the schools but how would school enforce this policy? Would teachers be in charge of policing one more aspect of student behaviors. Is this a battle that is worth fighting? Logically I think it will be impossible to prevent students from bring phones into schools.
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