The Importance Of Using Cell Phones On Education

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Using Cell Phones: Why Not? Let’s ask “What would people do if they couldn’t use cell phones for a day?” Along with the fastest growing scientific field in the past recent years, people are now living in a world of full, advanced high tech. Tons of new inventions are introduced every year. Nowadays, people use iPads, tablets to watch movie, news instead of the television, or may control cell phones by their voices, and etc. One of the best inventions of human beings is the cell phone because it changed the way people communicated, educated, and entertained in better ways. This indicates that the cell phone is one of the most significant things in people’s lives. As the result of the main purpose for existence of cell phones, it becomes more …show more content…

According to Jack Tessier, in his article “Student Impressions of Academic Cell Phone Use in the Classroom”, said that, “Students felt that cell phone use helped their learning, was not a distraction, helped them enjoy the class, improved their attendance a little, and promoted their success” (Figure 1b). This means with the cell phone, people can see the difference in education between the past and the present day. For example, if ten years ago students had to bring books when they went to school, they are now able to read books directly on their phones because many famous technology companies such as Apple and Samsung have designed electronic books, better known as e-books. This is a great invention, since many books are able to be converted into an e-books. It is more convenient because I can read books easily through the cell …show more content…

By source Parry Sound North Star (ON) recently said that, “If in the old days people used letter and wait for someone to write a response and send it back by mail, now it 's just instantaneous by texting” (Adamson). By sending messages, I can deliver data and information quickly by one click through the phone numbers, or I can text to somebody who I am too shy to talk. Besides, I can contribute to society through my cell phone. Whenever I see anyone get into a car accident, the best way to help them is using a cell phone to make a 911 call quickly. As a result, it won’t waste time finding a public phone to call from. Admittedly, people now can’t live smoothly without cell phones because they help us a lot in life. However, everything always has two sides as well as “black” and “white”. Although cell phones have positive impacts, they also have a dark side. Opponents of cell phones say that using cell phones will cause health problems such as cancer or deafness. That’s one of the reasons that my parents claim for using a cell phone. However, people should know that if they use wired earphones when they are talking on the phones, it will reduce radiation from cell

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