Should Cell Phones Be Banned In School?

Hon Fai KanPD 4

Pros of Cell Phone

• Nowadays the education method is changing• New generation hates reading textbook• No needs to take notes : take photos• Increases the interest of learning• Cell Phone is convenient: learn everywhere• Access to outside information quickly• School act more like real society

Cons of Cell Phone

• Distracting to class, hard to concentrate• Students use it for texting or entertaining• Some students use cell phone to cheat• Taking funny photos of other people• A tool of bullying• Texting can harm their grammar skills• Disrespect the teachers

My thoughts in Cell Phone

• Textbook accepted by many people• It would undermined the learning of poor• Few students use it for learning• Taking notes also a method of learning• Cheating is a serious problem• Disadvantage more than advantage• Cell Phone should be banned in school

Interview

• I asked my Math teacher Mr Chiu• 1) Do you accept your students using cell phone

during your class?• Mr Chiu: No, because it’s distraction, student

should concentrate in class.• 2) Do you think that students call use cell phone

to help learning in class?• Mr Chiu: Yes, if there is a program that can

block games, internet and texting.

Interview

• 3) How would you prevent students from playing games in cell phone?

• Mr Chiu:I will take away their phones.• Summary: Mr Chiu did not want the students

to play cell phones in his class. If there is a program that can ensure students learning in phone, then cell phone can be use for learning. If not, it should be banned.

Articles• Phones a factor in school fighting - March 2, story• I am writing in reference to the report in the Sunday Times about

Freedom High School fights and cell phone text messaging.• My question is this: Why do students need to have their cellphones in

class with them?• Shouldn't there be a policy that bans cell phone usage during

school hours? Any emergency that needs handling can be handled through teachers and other on-site administrative and support personnel.

• Any communication students need to have during the school day other than emergencies should be the old-fashioned way of waiting until you see the person you want to converse with and speaking with them in person.

Articles

• Cell phones have negative effects in school• Emergency events can be solved by teacher• The cell phones should be in lockers• The old-fashioned way can be used• Cell phones are not essential in school

Follow-Up

• http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-cell-phones-be-banned-within-schools

a website that provide two sides information• http://teenink.com/opinion/school_college/

article/420890/Should-Cell-Phones-be-Banned-from-Schools

has a passage with useful information

Questions

• What’s your thought of using Cell Phone in School?

• Would you use Cell Phone to help studying?• If one day the usage of Cell Phone is totally

banned in this building, what would you do?• What you think about this power point?

Reference

• mockingbirds5. "Should Cell Phones Be Banned from Schools?" Teenink (n.d.): n. pag. Teen Ink. Web.

• http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-cell-phones-be-banned-within-schools

• "WHY HAVE CELL PHONES AT SCHOOL?." The St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, FL) (March 7, 2008) NORTH OF TAMPA: 2. Global Issues In Context. Gale. Francis Lewis High NYC CSD. 17 Apr. 2013

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