do smartphones help the learning process
Uploaded by abryan82 on Oct 13, 2020
Do Smartphones Help the Learning Process
We can almost do anything and everything with just a swipe of a finger now days. Smartphones are becoming more and more important in our daily life. My debate is do smartphones help the learning process or harm the learning process? In my opinion, smartphones do not help the learning process because, they are a huge distraction. For example, some people utilize smart phones to cheat or to cyber bully.
Smartphones (upgraded cell phones) are not made the same as they once were. Cellphones first started off as big and bulky phones. Eventually they developed a flip phone that utilized T-9 (stands for text on 9 keys.) T-9 is a predictive text technology for mobile phones, specifically those that contain a 3x4 numeric keypad. The Science and technology fields are constantly evolving. Our world, as we knew it used computers to send e-mail, it is where we read the latest news, played games on and some of us utilized it for work. In 2017 the typical computer began to turn into a cell phone and then were taken over by tablets.
Smartphones have become a huge distraction to everyone, simply because they have become a smaller version of a computer that we can carry right in the palm of our hand. Students now have the ability to check their social media, take selfies, browse the web for information that may help with writing a paper, locate a reference, read a book, listen to music or even watch a movie. These features a smartphone encompasses are a great asset but, in my opinion, can also take away our focus from important task, friends, and or our family members. Another way smartphone can be distracting is if a student is utilizing it during class while an instructor is trying to teach their students. The teacher may have to stop their instruction just to inform the student to power their device off.
Students can also utilize smartphones to cheat on a test. Search engines online make it easier to find the answer to a quiz. Students can locate an answer key and then screenshot it to their friends. This avoids the student(s) from being caught with the answers that they may write on their arm. Conveniently students can also use their smartphones to hire someone to...