Bann Cell Phones??

I always thought that it is unnecessary to use cell phones at school. There is no need for any student to make any phone call while at school, whatsoever. Even if a student needs to make a phone call, she or he can always borrow a phone from the school. However, the news report from Tech Learning shows how cell phones can be a necessary tool for education. The way the schools use cell phones is pretty similar to how we use computers in learning. Though, I still don't think it's necessary. Why is it OK to use computers but not cell phones? Because cell phones are not easy to type things out. I sometimes use my cell phone to text message my friends, and it always takes about ten minutes just to have a few sentence down. Beside, I mainly use informal language, or the MSN language, in those messages, so I can't imagine how long it will take when it comes to serious school work. Another thing that cell phones would not work as good as computers do is that you can not use cell phones to do research. Unless your cell phone is really high tech.
Comparing the use of cell phones and computers for education, the only things cell phones would be better are simply that cell phones are cheaper and easier to carry. But they are way harder to "communicate" I would rather hand write my 10 pages of research paper than typing a paragraph of a reflection with my tiny cell phone. In the conclusion, the idea of using cell phones in education is cleaver, but it's not so practical. Even if all the students follow the rules and not chatting by their phones in class, it is still hard for them to do school work. So, no, I still believe cell phones should not be used during school time.


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