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Could Involving Cell Phones Into Student Education?

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Could Involving Cell Phones into Students Education Improve Learning and Safety? One of the most important rules given to the students at school may be causing problems for the students and the teachers: Cell Phones. Students are constantly getting in trouble in school for using their phones during class which has stopped schools from authorizing their students to have their phones while at school. But this rule has created problems for students and teachers. Although cell phones in school can be a distraction from learning, students should be allowed to have their cell phones in school because it gives them easy access to contact their parents, it helps students to be happy and want to be at school and it helps students to become familiar with electronics. …show more content…

Evidence shows that child predators are ascending, if a student was at school or on their way home and something bad was to happen then the student would be able to pull out their phone and contact their parents or 911. Although students seem to get easily distracted by cell phones, it is still a great safety precaution to have them. Therefore having a cell phone in school could really help the students to become in an easy contact with their parents and away from danger. Having cell phones in school can also help students to be elated and feel motivated to attend school. A study conducted in 2005 by Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King and Ed Diener showed that happiness causes achievement and success. For this reason cell phones could really help students and teachers. Although students should be able to succeed without a device to motivate them, it's a really useful tool that could benefit in multiple ways. This suggests that having a cell phone in school benefits both students and teachers according to their behavior and how happy the students would

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