However, text messaging has been a major problem with students texting in class interfering with the disruption of their learning. Most teachers express how they feel about cell phones being a distraction to others, however very few students have complaints about the use of cell phones in class. Text messaging in class should be allowed by choice of the students, it can easily be discreet and the possibility of an emergency. Text messaging in class should be allowed by the choice of students. In the argument “Tapping into Text Messaging” by Janet Kornblum, says teens, techies and other early adopters leading the charge to text say it is a great way to communicate when they are too busy to talk or when making a call would be rude or impractical.
All in all, students at (name of high school) should be able to use their cell phones during school hours because they are a learning resource, they teach responsibility, and just in case of emergencies. To begin with, cell phones are a learning resource. Cell phones are so much more than just a phone now. There are very helpful tools on most phones, like calculators, reminders, and the internet. For example, if a student forgot to bring a calculator to class, they would have one right there on their phone.
Some of the pros that will be discussed are research, safety, during and after school use. With a cell in class students would be able to study more because, research and read more about their topic with information online and in the form of eBooks. In terms of Lake Lure Classical academy, students are not issued individual computers but only a school set which has to be shared other classrooms. If students could use their cell phones this would save the school money for equipment because, parents are paying for the phones not the school. If there a gunmen, bomb threat or a fire happened students could contact help, call parents, take a picture of the suspect/suspects and warn others.
These thought patterns lead to this inappropriate behavior. I have personally overheard students in classes talking about how "they never get caught" because they are too sly for the professor. I have also seen those same students get caught and simply brush it off as if the professor was being too strict and infringing upon their rights, completely oblivious to the rude and disrespectful nature of their actions. The humanistic-existential based idea of being completely in control of your personal behavior and actions is very applicable to the in-class text messaging scenario. The choice to bring and use a cell phone in class is entirely up to the student,
Mr. Magee, The question of whether cell phones should be allowed in schools has been debated over the years. Most school administrations regard cell phone use as disruptive and distracting, and have implemented policies that prohibit using them on school grounds. There are benefits to letting the student body use their cell phones at school. Your parents can reach you in the event of an emergency, and vice versa. If in danger, we can reach the authorities or a medical provider.
A huge problem facing teachers is the camera phone. Pictures of tests and worksheets float around the cell phones of many students, as said in a survey put together by John Orbinger and Kent Coffey, ’21 percent of students who bring cellphones to school have video/photo capabilities on their phones (Carroll, 2004).’ Not only are cellphones are the main cause of cheating, but is also a huge source of distraction in the learning environment. This point is also stated in the previously mentioned survey ‘Cell Phones in American High Schools: A National Survey’, “cell phone use could be a significant distraction during instructional time”(Orbringer and Coffey, 5). Teachers who do not have strict cell phone policies in the classroom have to fight for the attention of their students. Cell phone use has caused a huge rise in cheating and plagiarism.
Security should be enough protection, so a teacher still shouldn’t feel the need to carry a gun. It’s still not fully safe for a security to carry a gun. If the same situation took place and a teacher had control over the gun it actually could have been worse, because a school policeman just watch over the student who are most likely in the hall, a teacher actually is in class with the students. All this going on around a student could make them very uncomfortable. Personally speaking, I wouldn’t want to come to class everyday if I know my teacher had a gun in the class.
Among the years technology has become a great part of our lives. Technology has developed throughout the years now if you see somebody in the bus or the train or running outside in the street they will be on their cell phones or listening to music or maybe even on their computers. We use them in everyday of our activity talking to your Family texting your friends or even sending out an email to a professor. It has become so much of an addiction that us as students and teachers even use them in school. My hypothesis for this paper is that at least more than fifty percent of students use their cell phones while in class whether is texting and/or browsing on their internet.
I am being disciplined for talking in class without the teacher's permission. I must realize that when too many people are talking at once, it is hard to hear and understand anyone at all. That is one reason why my teacher wants only one person to talk at a time. A second reason is that most people find it difficult to think about what they are trying to say if someone else is talking at the same time they are. A third reason I should not talk in class without first being given permission is that most people find it hard to concentrate on their schoolwork when others around them are talking.
Teachers and professors have little control over what their students are doing on their laptops, thus it is a distraction for them too, as stated also by Elena Choy about the upraised laptop lids and how the teacher wouldn’t have any eye contact with them. Without laptops the teacher can tell immediately whether or not their students are paying attention. However if some of the students are working on laptops it is impossible to teach in front of the class and be assured that they are paying proper attention to the lesson or really into that solitaire game. Additionally, if students are encouraged to use laptops then their handwriting skills will seriously suffer. They say practice makes perfect.