Cell Phones in The Schools

Cell Phones should be Included in the school experience because the cell phone is an extremely powerful tool; along with the purpose of school being to prepare the newest generation for the future, It is the school’s job to prepare us for everything we may encounter when we reach adulthood. Parents are trusting that their children are being given every opportunity to explore and learn with the time changes, With times changing rapidly, along with the world turning more and more to technology, children have to be taught at an early age how to use and technology.

Which is the direction our world is heading in, relying more and more on our cellphones to think for us. In the classroom, students have to be intrigued and curious in what they are being taught, as well as how they are learning. Cell phones should be brought into the school curriculum to give students another way to explore new ways of learning with the convenience of mobile devices. Most times, when it comes to technology, children tend to become very curious, intrigued and pay more attention to what is shown to them visually, whereas traditional teaching has the children learning from a whiteboard or textbook. Due to the world evolving and technology being a prominent source of survival, incorporating cell phone usage in our school’s curriculum will not only engage students with a new way of learning, but it will also prepare students for the world outside of school as well as their future.

Children love to learn! When parents and teachers take a moment to think about the best ways to engage children and students into learning, technology is usually the main resource used to pull children of all ages into active learning, and at times helps them retain more information due to the visual aspect of technology. ‘Kolb points to some schools in Michigan that adopted new straightforward rules and guidelines for educators that were designed to meet the needs of students while addressing educators’ concerns. Posted on classroom doors, for example, are signs indicating whether the students can use their devices. A green stoplight means they can use them; red means no’.This quote demonstrates how the cell phone can be put to use and not be a distraction at the same time. Students and children have grown up with technology along with multitasking, which has forced them into the habit of processing information quickly “We need to stop pushing against the technology and start embracing it,” says Amber Schaefer. On paper the cell phone ban works, realistically the students will find ways around the cell phone ban. Instead of fighting it, it should be embraced.

Teachers, even more so than parents, are a child’s main source of education. Parents teach what they can while the children are at home, but teachers spend an average of 900-1,000, hours with children five days a week excluding half days, sick days and breaks. Cell Phones should be Included in the school experience because the cell phone is an extremely powerful tool; along with the purpose of school being to prepare the newest generation for the future.

It is the school’s job to prepare us for everything we may encounter when we reach adulthood. Parents are trusting that their children are being given every opportunity to explore and learn with the time changes, With times changing rapidly, along with the world turning more and more to technology, children have to be taught at an early age how to use and technology. Which is the direction our world is heading in, relying more and more on our cell phones to think for us. In the classroom, students have to be intrigued and curious about what they are being taught, as well as how they are learning. Cell phones should be brought into the school curriculum to give students another way to explore new ways of learning with the convenience of mobile devices. Most times, when it comes to technology, children tend to become very curious, intrigued and pay more attention to what is shown to them visually, whereas traditional teaching has the children learning from a whiteboard or textbook. Due to the world evolving and technology being a prominent source of survival, incorporating cell phone usage in our school’s curriculum will not only engage students with a new way of learning, but it will also prepare students for the world outside of school as well as their future.

Children love to learn! When parents and teachers take a moment to think about the best ways to engage children and students in learning, technology is usually the main resource used to pull children of all ages into active learning, and at times helps them retain more information due to the visual aspect of technology. ‘Kolb points to some schools in Michigan that adopted new straightforward rules and guidelines for educators that were designed to meet the needs of students while addressing educators’ concerns. Posted on classroom doors, for example, are signs indicating whether the students can use their devices. A green stoplight means they can use them; red means no’. This quote demonstrates how the cell phone can be put to use and not be a distraction at the same time. Students and children have grown up with technology along with multitasking, which has forced them into the habit of processing information quickly “We need to stop pushing against the technology and start embracing it,” says Amber Schaefer. On paper the cell phone ban works, realistically the students will find ways around the cell phone ban. Instead of fighting it, it should be embraced.

Teachers, even more so than parents, are a child’s main source of education. Parents teach what they can while the children are at home, but teachers spend an average of 900-1,000, hours with children five days a week excluding half days, sick days and breaks.

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