Nowadays, mobile phones recolonized human lives by giving a greater approach to communication as well as education. Even, students are replacing education with cellular devices, and they are using these devices inside classrooms which has both positive and negative impacts on children. this essay intends to discuss the effects of using mobile phones in the classrooms, and I believe that schools must prohibit the usage of cellular devices in the classrooms.
Commencing with the merits of mobile phones on school-going learners. Our 1st and foremost is that with the advent Of the Internet, there is a great availability of knowledge related to different streams such as science, mathematics, and history by which students do not feel the burden of theoretical work. Moreover, E-learning also saves tons of paper as inside school people search any type of files on the Internet and save it on their phones which would be easy for them to keep PDFs for a longer time.
Moving towards the negative impacts of using mobile phones in the classroom. The primary one is that, said by Echo, if students use cell phones in classrooms, they are being distracted by social media and gaming apps, which their academic scores are being affected. As said by Amanpreet, the use of cell phones in the classroom gives rise to E-cheating, academic dishonesty, sexting, and cyber-bullying. As a result, children suffer from mental problems because of “cyber-based abuse”. Moreover, the Internet is sometimes Spam or false as compared to written books which provide correct knowledge given by experts and affiliated by various education boards. Another demerit is that by using the cell phones in the classroom they can easily copy data during their exams because they get habitual of using an easy way to study. As explained in These articles, Cell Phones in The Classroom: Learning Tool or Distraction, and Changing our Mindset in Regards to Cellphones in the Classroom, offer a number of lists explaining how having a cell phone in the classroom can cause a variety of problems such as Influence on learning (cheating), implications on Academic integrity, risk of inappropriate use (cyber-bullying), disconnection from face-to-face activities, and potential impact on health( texting and sexting), and the term “Nomophobia” is the fear of not being able to use one’s phone or the many apps that these devices now offer (Tams, Legoux, & Léger, 2018), which leads to inability to focus, stress and anxiety when they are without their phones for long periods of time, and poor cognitive functioning. One of the major concerns is that it threatens classroom’s learning. As Students check their phones in the classroom an average of more than 11 times a day. And they are spending up to 20% of their in-class time texting, emailing, and checking social media. Perhaps this was the reason that, in September 2019, Ontario’s Education Ministry was planning to ban cellphones in the classrooms. A study showed that the closer the cellphone was to the students, the poorer cognitive functioning was (Watson, 2017)
Thus, in the future, it becomes a daunting task for them to excel in any field. To add to it, I believe, mobile phones have replaced the traditional methods of teaching, and use of mobile phones in the classroom is degrading the value of teachers as more and more students adopt mobile learning. So, there are more chances in the upcoming future, students would not require teachers anymore in the classrooms.
To recapitulate, while phones have numerous positive effects on children in schools, the negative ones are far higher; therefore, I believe, mobile phone should be banned inside the classrooms.
” Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized”– Marilyn Vos Savant
I find it interesting that you mentioned technology leads to the use of less paper. When I was growing up I was told that a “paperless” society was imminent and that physical media would be a thing of the past. Fast forward 20 years and I am photocopying as much as I ever have. In fact the accessibility of online resources has led to a greater consumption of paper in my personal practice. As per our discussions on the digital divide I think it will be sometime before we can truly move beyond the requirements of paper in the classroom.
Debate 6 in equity and digital access in Canada debate eight I agree in Canada is there too much digital digital access even those in a large or marginalized poor family population there are people and places still using Internet with electronics I agree there is a degree of health impacts and concerns for example distractions or great concern for elementary students with too much electronic Internet use listen turn creates issues of isolation and this also leads to lack of outdoor physical activity for elementary students I witnessed this behavior with my 6 year old grandson and five year old granddaughter I also agree with the disagree side because the areas of flexibility small groups time and fewer distractions are key to adult learning on line I can’t say for children because I’m not I did not see this first hand there is also a comment or discussion regarding responsibility is reactive there needs to be security on security for online interaction new to the lack of control and on line pollution parents need to have clear information regarding release forms for Internet access the information is unknown and needs to be better defined