Cell Phones in the Classroom?

When asked the question should cell phones be banned from the classroom I wholeheartedly say yes. A cell phone has no place in the classroom. “Any phone that is worthy of being called an educational tool is not on the “buy one, get one free” plan.” I agree 100% with this quote from the article. Not every student will have a cell phone in your classroom let alone a “smart phone.”

The side that was advocating cell phone use in the classroom based her argument on the fact that the students will all have smart phone. She went on to say a student needs to know how to use a cell phone as an educational tool to be successful later in life in the career path they chose. This is not realistic and incorrect. As stated from the yes side of the argument “I cannot think of a job where “cell phone operation” was a skill.” This could not be truer. If you walk into an interview and have tell your future employer you are skilled in the applications of x, y, and z smart phone do you honestly think the interviewer will say “That is exactly what we were looking for!” I don’t think so.

Cell phones are a students toy and a classroom distraction. I will never use cell phones in my classroom.