Should Phone Be Banned in Classroom?

Should Phone be Banned in Classroom? A survey among colleges point out 80% of the students have texted in class(Jeff Dunn, 2011, How Do College Students Actually Use Cell Phones? )What a crazy number! Let us image we switch our position with professors. How can you endure it? Just few students pay attention to you and most of them look downward to cell phone. Almost no eye contact and no interaction you will just act puppet on the stage. Only after reflect on this situation, you will definitely agree the opinion that using cell phone is one of the most influential factors lead the class inefficiency. Obviously, use of cell phones in college classrooms should be banned. It is unnecessary, it transfers your attention from class content, and it damage to the health of the students.

The main reason for my propensity for ban the usage of cell phone in class is that use of cell phones is unnecessary. Depending on personal experience, personality type and emotional concern, we find that some hold the idea of smart phone are functional which can not only receive information, but also support class. From my point of view , it is more advisable to ban the usage of cell phone during class. By the way I am not doubt about Involving technologies such as cell phones that are held with high value to students can be a tool. According to the observation, most of the students use smart phone during classing are surfing on line or play games. Since smart phone is convenient to use and it is covert for using it which will not let teacher notice. However, it is unnecessary to use cell phone during the class, because we can use our laptop instead if you want to get more information related to the class. Maybe you will questioned, as you claim the students use laptop can call the same things. Actually, most of students regularly use their laptop during class because it is easy for teacher to notice if you it to do other things not related to class. Any innovation can get better development only under good supervision. Exactly, cell phone can not be supervise in class which lead to a big problem. The most side effect is cheating with cell phone. Nowadays, cheating associated with cell phones is more and more popular. As cell phones become more sophisticated and powerful, opportunities for cheating increase(Katherine Shaw, 2009, para 9). When I was in senior school, my teachers have caught students sending answer to other student and surfing on line to obtain the answer. In other words, cell phone is becoming a tool to cheat. It is no exaggeration to say that phone is becoming obstacle which influence the discipline of class. It can not be allow during class.

Another reason can be seen by everyone is that using cell phone transfers your attention from class content. Even though some emergency information may come up, still, using a cell phone in class will distract you from your class work. When it come up with the bell ring and vibrate of the phone, all students will transfer their attention to it. Meanwhile it definitely break the rule of class. Even though some emergency information may come up, still, using a cell phone in class will distract you from your classwork. If you receive massage or calls from others although it is an emergency it will definitely disrupt other students’ work and distract them from working hard. It will influence your attention to the class. It may train you with bad habit which is pick out you phone from time to time. Some teacher complain that the phone is so attractive to students that they can not focus on the class. Frankly speaking, I used to playing phone during class while teacher ask me to answer the question and I do not even know the question. It makes me really embarrassed, so I swear not to use it during class. It is really helpfully which make my study more efficiency. As a result, I made tremendous progress in learning. There is no dout that use of cell phone should be banned in order to improve class attention.

Finally, It damage to the health of students. It is significant to concern about the habitual use of mobile phones and risk of brain tumors especially for long term entertainment during class(Kevin Patrick, MD, MS, William G. Griswold, PhD, Fred Raab, and Stephen S. Intille, PhD, 2008, para 9). The increased use of mobile phones also raises concerns about risks to our personal safety. Perhaps the most substantial risk is the use of mobile phones while driving. A recent studies reveal that mobile phones slow down the driver’s reaction emergence situation(Kevin Patrick, MD, MS, William G. Griswold, PhD, Fred Raab, and Stephen S. Intille, PhD, 2008, para 8). We can always see people use cell phone during driving on campus. How dangerous they are! Do not make joke with other people’s life. In addition, some bad information, such as pornography, violence, and illegal small ads always appeared frequently in mobile phone text messages threaten to students who accept the information, and the weak capacity of processing information. Its negative impact is immeasurable. According to the police station, the Department of Education Comprehensive Management of Public feedback often hijacked by people around the campus, students ask for money. Students to wear the phone easily lawless stalking and attacks, causing hazards to their own safety.

All in all, It is inappropriate to use phone in school. Nowadays,Many school realize the problem and try setting limits on cell phone use without banning cell phones completely. “Requiring that phones be turned off during school hours, confiscating phones from students caught using them in class, and requiring that phones be set to voice mail only have all had limited success.” That is a good way for us to have good quality class and school time.

References:

Katherine Shaw, 2009, Students and Cell Phones: Controversy in the Classroom, from

http://bluevaletgj2o.pbworks.com/f/Student%20Cell%20Phone%20Use.pdf

Kevin Patrick, MD, MS, William G. Griswold, PhD, Fred Raab, and Stephen S. Intille, PhD,

2008, Health and the Mobile Phone, from

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527290/

James H. Roberson, Rita A. Hagelik, 2008CELL PHONES FOR EDUCATION, from

http://ced.ncsu.edu/meridian/index.php/meridian/article/view/38

Jeff Dunn, 2011, How Do College Students Actually Use Cell Phones, from

http://edudemic.com/2011/10/college-students-phone-usage/

For instance, in Singapore a collaborative game called EcoRangers, designed for mobile

phones, was integrated into the social studies curriculum for grades nine and ten. This integration

resulted in more student participation, and the students acknowledging they learned more

information than they realized (Lim & Wang, 2005).

When I was in senior school, my teachers have caught students sending answer to other student and surfing on line to obtain the answer. In other words, cell phone is becoming a tool to cheat. It is no exaggeration to say that phone is becoming obstacle which influence the discipline of class. It can not be allow during class.

References: Katherine Shaw, 2009, Students and Cell Phones: Controversy in the Classroom, from http://bluevaletgj2o.pbworks.com/f/Student%20Cell%20Phone%20Use.pdf Kevin Patrick, MD, MS, William G. Griswold, PhD, Fred Raab, and Stephen S. Intille, PhD, 2008, Health and the Mobile Phone, from http://ced.ncsu.edu/meridian/index.php/meridian/article/view/38 Jeff Dunn, 2011, How Do College Students Actually Use Cell Phones, from information than they realized (Lim & Wang, 2005).