The Importance Of Smartphones In The Classroom

Cellphones have become the “norm” in our society. Almost everyone has a cellphone, more commonly a smartphone. Smartphones allow their users to vast amounts of information right at ones fingertips. Smartphones also allow the user to communicate instantaiously with their closest friends and loved ones through calling, text messaging, and various forms of social media. Smartphones have become apart of our daily lives and us, from the work place to classroom.
Are smartphones in the classroom a good thing or are they a bad thing? What are the concrescences of allowing students to use them in the classroom, both positive and negative consequences? I think like any good thing in this world, we need to exercise moderation in all things. Smartphones

Its becoming ever increasingly harder for teachers to decide if they should allow smartphones and other devices in their classroom. It has become more common for students to be physically present in the classroom, but they are not mentally there because they are to busy socializing on apps like Facebook, Intsagram, and Snapchat or playing popular games such as Angry Birds or Candy

Never the less, it’s important to be aware of the hindering effect these devices have on students learning. Kuznekoff and Titswoth said “participants in three different study groups watched a video lecture, took notes on that lecture, and took two learning assignments after watching the lecture. Students who were not using their mobile phones wrote down 62% more information in their notes.” Kuznekoff and Titsworth continue to say that out of the students that did not use their mobile devices, they found that the students took over all better notes, were able to remember more of the information they learned, and got a whole letter grade better on a test. (Kuznekoff & Titsworth, 2013, p.