The Controversy Over The Use Of Cell Phones In School

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Cell Phones can be an educational tool because they’re so many ways we can use them for school and how they will become handy in any class. The cellphones can be used not just for educational use but also for environmental use, on a daily bases we waste a tree to make a 100 copies of an assignment where eventually students and teachers throw away into the trash which becomes a waste.
Cell Phones help us when we don’t know anything which comes in handy especially if nobody in the classroom knows. At the moment we’re in the century where technology is becoming a huge thing already and we should take advantage to it "Some schools have no Internet access and as such they would use the device for learning purposes. We are part of the global technological world and embrace the use of information and communication technology in learning,". This quote shows how we should have technology as a tool because we are privileged to even be able to have technology at our school and we can use the internet access
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Students should be able to use their phones during school especially since they’re a big source to us and the internet and things can be even more faster to get to. Schools allow the use of cellphones for educational use since they are a small little device and we can use them for all our classes, for example, all cellphones have calculators so there's no use of buying such expensive calculators for every math class. Students can also download apps that can be used for help for any classes which can become helpful, especially if teachers can't stay after school or come early in the morning for tutorials for the students that need it. In conclusion, cell phones should be able to be used as an educational tool throughout school

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