The Importance Of Cell Phones In Education

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Wireless connection Cell phones are different from a computer lab filled with computers or a cart of net books because the cell phone is personal technology. These mini computers are walking through the doors each day, let’s put them to work. Wireless access might be another problem. Smart phone users will usually try and find a wireless network instead of going through the provider signal. Wireless connection and a mobile phone are helpful to students and for teachers (Speak up, 2011). According to (Speak up, 2011), those students have cell phone in classroom the instruction of the teacher become easier. For example if you don’t

For the first time ever, students (and educators) have a tool with which they can receive real-time, individualized content that is fun, engaging, and more importantly effective. Mobile learning depend on the students how to use their mobile and how to personalize learning (Speak up,2011).

Learning experience Students are recording their “lectures” using video or audio and students are listening to that outside of class as the homework and in class they are completing the practice and the teacher serves as a guide. On most cell phones with a data plan students can watch a video of a previous lesson of an appropriate clip on You Tube. These technologies help the students and give new opportunities (Speak up, 2011).

The game changer The game changer of education is the smartphones are now starting to be used in education in many different ways from tracking students’ progress to aid formative assessment to helping increase engagement and support more in-depth learning. According to (Common sense media,2009), cellphones and internet change the education. The work of the students becomes easier because they easily access

Each network is connected to other networks, which are connected to each other through electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. According to the (Guardian,2009) mobile phones can access internet and stored information.

Mobile phones are convenient Cell phones have also changed the way that people interact with each other. When we call someone, we are actually calling the person and not a place. Cell phones also enable us to call if we are going to be late for an appointment, although this has led to cell phones users running late more often than those who do not have cell phones. These users seem to have adopted the attitude that appointment times are not concrete and use their cell phones to renegotiate their arrival time. According to (Shreiner,2012) Mobile phones allow the students to reach their peer without going to payphone.

Mobile phones can be helpful in academic With mobile apps and the Internet at their fingertips, students can use phones as clickers to answer questions, document labs, collaborate on group projects, set reminders for homework and capture teachers’ notes in a picture. The electronics can then be used to further research in class, and even for assignments since there are websites that can be used to turn in worksheets. According to (Shreiner, 2012) Mobile phones is a tool for learning and it