I read a comment on a blog entitled Teach42. The blog that I read was called "Mobiles to Help Learning? High School in UK says OK." This blog was all about how a school in the UK is now allowing students to use cell phones in the classroom. It talked about how cell phones can be beneficial to students: they have internet and take photos. The blog was pretty neutral. It just reported the facts and asked people to give their thoughts about it. There were many comments on the blog since it was kind of a controversial topic. There were arguments for both sides of the debate.
My comment was on the side that argued that cell phones should not be used in class. I think that it would be hard to monitor what students are actually using the phones to do. The screens are so small on cell phones, teachers wouldn't be able to see whether a student is using a phone for an educational purpose or not.
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Hey Kacie! What an interesting article! I agree with you... I would have sided on the same side and made a similar arguement on this blog regarding cell phones in UK schools. I think that, overall, cell phones would be too much of a distraction in the classroom. I wish that cell phones could be used as a resource, I just think that too many people would abuse the opportunity to have them and end up using them for non-academic purposes. Who knows though? That will be one interesting day when kids in America, or anywhere for that matter, can use cell phones regularly in class...
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