The biggest risk in having mobile devices in the classroom is that teachers will not be able to monitor what students decide to do with their devices. The school district has taken it upon themselves to have a filter on their internet which …show more content…
A big positive of allowing the usage of mobile devices is the internet capabilities that they have. The older generations had to gain most of their knowledge from studying paper sources. They would have to travel to the library and go searching for information in books that could have even been proven wrong. Yet, being a printed source, new information cannot replace the old instantly. There has to be the whole process of revision, print, and stocked. The internet changed this problem. Information posted on the internet can be instantly revised. Students can use up to date information about a subject and can do so instantly. The easy access of information can be beneficial to a classroom environment. For an example in the case of a classroom discussion, it is important to keep the discussion going. A teacher led classroom discussion has the teacher to help guide stumped students with leading questions. The teacher is able assume control when they deem necessary. When it is a student led discussion, teachers try their best to stay out of the discussion. Now whenever the discussion dies down, it could be a very awkward situation. If the students were prompted to use their phones in the discussion, this can help allow a continuous flow of information. There is a bigger pool of knowledge that is able to be pulled from, relieving the limit of the students’ knowledge. This leads to …show more content…
In the academic journal Teaching and Learning with Mobile Computing Devices: Case Study in K-12 Classrooms, there are a variety of participant descriptions that illustrates different possible uses. A high school Spanish teacher from North Carolina had described to the author how “students were using iPads and applications to create commercials in Spanish” (Grant 37). This is possible the the new capabilities of cellphones and tablets. They are equipped with video recording capabilities and editing software that allows for fun projects such as making commercials to be possible. Voice recording can be very helpful in practicing speeches. Students will be able to hear how fluid their words will be and understand