I was born into the technology world, but I am not very technology smart. I did not get a cell phone until I was 18 which was not to long ago. It actually bugged me when my friends where always texting, I would be having a conversation with them and in the middle of the conversation they would read a text and text back. My friends were always having converstations with more than one person, through technologies help. I have to say that all these articles gave me some reason's to accept cell phones in school, but as I kept reading I still feel that cellphones hinder our students education. Cell phones can be tools to distract, cheat, and distatch them from the real world. You can give students and children rules with their cell phones but they often do not obey. My younger siblings have a huge problem with their cellphones, they never put it down, even at family dinners, and I hate it. My mom's work load has become enourmous since me and my other two older siblings left the house because we actually helped with house work, we were not hook to our phones and technology constantly. They can not stay on track when working and doing chores. My family has a restaurant and our employ's are constantly distracted by their phones. It is awful, it looks so bad when and employ has a cell phone in their hand while talking to a customer. There should be a law of no cellphones at work and at school!!!! I think that cellphones are a constant bother to people at work and school, but also at home.
I think that technology is wonderful, I am so grateful for it. Our jobs as teachers, have become a lot eaiser because of computers, and smartboard's, and everything you can think of. You can teach lesson's so much more creative, and be able to really connect to our Native technology students. I think the more technology we have to help us, the better! Yet, cellphones do create problems for teens at school and at home. It is amazing how connected we can be to the world through technology. Honestly what would we all do with out it?? Probably DIE!! Okay, we might not die but I do not know what I would do with out it.
Do you find cellphones a problem for students, our children, and family? Have you noticed any other technology devices that you have found to be a problem in the school and home settings?
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I don't have any problems with my children having cell phones. I think the difference is that my children have strict boundaries that they need to live by or they loose their phones. Three of my four children have cell phones. They do not use them during school, nor do they use them during dinner or during restricted hours (9pm to 7am). I know they don't because I get a detailed statement of all incoming and outgoing calls and texts. It really just took the first month of reviewing and then the occasional spot check to get them set straight. If they were to be caught using the phone without permission during our non-use time, then they loose it for a period of time. I'm glad my children have phones, as they're usually at sports and I like to have some sort of communication line to them.
ReplyDeleteBecky,I agree it is all about setting limits and teaching our children to be socially responsible with their cell phones. BTW, how do you get those detailed cell phone reports?!
ReplyDeleteCellphones I feel are a problem unless boundaries are set. Yesterday during church my sister would've died without her phone attatched to her fingers, no matter how much my mom asked, she would not put it away. So I think if you can get them to stay within boundaries, then great, if not, they should not be in school.
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