MOBILE PHONES IN CLASS

Pau Gené Mora

MOBILE PHONES IN CLASS

Technology is always advancing, during the years we have more advanced technologies and we have created some technologic invents like smartphones to do the human life better. But not sometimes in some places we shouldn’t use it, so the question is; do the mobile phones should be allowed in class?

In the one hand, smartphones can be used for loads of things; the main one is searching information. Nowadays we have a fantastic innovation said internet, what you can’t found on the internet it doesn’t exist. You can search exactly what you want in a few seconds, you can search some unknown words in other languages, download some apps very useful, etc. Furthermore you can use smartphones to take notes faster than doing it by hand.

In the other hand, smartphones can be used to work, but the main reason for using smartphones is for having fun or spending time on it. I think is not a good idea having one tool which you can play in class. Moreover I think if many teachers allow the mobile phones in class the students will play games on the mobile phone all the day, therefore, nobody will work in class and it will be a disaster.

Nevertheless, if the teacher had one program to overlook what the students are doing in their mobile phones, the mobile phone will be a very useful tool to use in class so that the students could search information easily and faster. But nowadays we haven’t any app like this so using the mobile phone in class is not a good idea. As I have said, it will be a distraction for the students.

In brief, smartphones is maybe the most important invention created since now, most of the people have their own smartphone and everybody loves them. I really like smartphones, I spend loads of hours on the mobile phone, but I thing is not a good idea to use them in class, they are incredible, whereas in class there are simple distraction tools.