Why should children not bring mobile phones to school?

Answer 1

1.It could fall out of your pocket

2.It may ring in class

3.you have to keep up with it or it could get stolen

4.you can't charge it

5.if you don't have pockets and you're a chick, you have to bring a purse that could get lost or stolen if you don't watch it and it's also a hassle to carry around

6. If teachers see them they will take it up

Um, this is all I could think of... hope I helped!

Answer 2

Distraction

# Perhaps the largest drawback to allowing cell phones in schools is that they can become an ever-present distraction for students. While it is often easy for teachers to spot and reprimand students that talk in class, cell phone texting is more difficult to punish since it is silent and devices can be concealed under desks. Even if teachers do not allow cell phone use in their classrooms, students can become distracted if they receive incoming calls or messages, and phones ringing or vibrating can disrupt class.

Another drawback of allowing cell phones is that they can be used to cheat during quizzes and exams. A student could receive silent text messages from a friend that has already taken a certain exam during a test.

Parent Communication

# One of the benefits of allowing cell phones in schools is that it allows parents to communicate with children at any time. In the past, parents often never knew where their children were until they came home. With cell phones, parents can check up on kids and arrange transportation or relay important information if necessary.

Emergencies

# Cell phones can be an invaluable tool in emergency situations. For instance, if a student is severely injured or there is a crisis situation, cell phones can allow students to contact authorities for help. This can be especially important for students that drive to school.

On the other hand, cell phones can have some drawbacks in emergency situations. It is possible that mass cell phone use during an emergency will clog communication systems. Cell phones can also be used by students to create false emergencies in an attempt to get out of class.

Enforcing Rules

# Banning cell phones presents the problem of enforceability. Even if a school or a certain class does not allow cell phone use, students may ignore the rules, and it can be difficult to catch cell phone users. Even if they are caught, enforcing rules takes time and creates a distraction in and of itself. Some feel it may be better to allow students that want to distract themselves with texting to do so, rather than force the entire class to wait as the texter is reprimanded by the teacher.

Read more: Advantages & Disadvantages of Allowing Cell Phones in School | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_5969350_advantages-allowing-cell-phones-school.html#ixzz13geosyIm

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The limitation of m-learning are a combination of technical and education challenges. Some of these disadvantages may disappear as technology improves.

A Fragmented Learning Experience

Astudy done at Stanford University's Language lab (Qingyang, 2003) provides some insights into the fragmented experience of learning with mobile device. The lab staff chose foreign language study as the content area, hypothesizing that mobile devices could provide opportunities for review, listening, and speaking practice in a safe, authentic, personalized, and on-demand environment. The prototypes developed let users practice new words, take a quiz, access word and phrase translations, work with a live coach, and save vocabulary to a notebook-all in an integrated voice/data environment. The study warned that "Learning requires concentration and reflection. However, being on-the-go (riding a train, sitting in a cafe, walking down the street) is fraught with distractions. Students are in situations that place unpredictable but important demands on their attention. This leaves the mobile learner with a highly distracted, highly fragmented experience. The learning application must be designed with this in mind."

Lack of Well-Developed Metacognitive Skills

Metacognition refers to the ability of learners to be aware of and monitor their learning processes. Adult education literature counsels that the more learners understand about how they learn best, the better able they are to assess how well they are learning and to manage their own learning. The challenge in wireless and m-learning is that learners have little experience with this delivery mode and the related instructional strategies. Experts (Peters, 2000) have suggested that "some employees are unsure about evaluating their personal learning experiences. The lack of external feedback can cause learners to question their goals and achievements." Using m-learning delivery devices and strategies for self-directed learning compounds this challenge. When talking about metacognitive skills, a distinction needs to be made between the learners' ability to self-monitor and their ability to self-assess. Learners can easily monitor their progress against a plan that tracks task completion, time on task, and quiz scores. The more difficult metacognitive skill is self-assessment, the learner's ability to judge how well he or she has actually done learning and transferring new skill and knowledge.

Small Screens and Difficulty Accessing Information from the Web

Mobile and wireless devices have significant disadvantages relative to screen size and ability to access information designed for traditional PC-based Web viewing. If the mobile devices are accessing information from websites, Jacob Neilsen (2003b) advises

Currently, the best we can hope for are websites that are basically scaled-down and redesigned to eliminate graphics and multi-column layouts. At worst, websites offer no mobile version, so you get crunched images and skinny columns that are almost impossible to read. Clearly, traditional websites are intended for a big-screen user experience. Putting them on a small screen is like the dog that sings: the miracle is that it does so at all. While a technical feat, usability is never going to be good. To cater to mobile devices, websites and services should offer much shorter articles, dramatically simplified navigation, and highly selective features, retaining only what's needed in a mobile setting.

High Costs

One of the biggest disadvantages and drawbacks for using a mobile wireless e-learning solution is cost. Recommending m-learning or wireless learning means investing in devices for each learner, paying for wireless service, budgeting for maintenance repair and upgrades, and support from an IT group to answer users' questions and resolve technical problems. It takes a compelling business case to implement this kind of technology for learning.

Challenges to the Security of the Device and Its Data

Security is a challenge in the office environment with desktop PCs, and that challenge is magnified with mobile devices. Because of their size and portability, they are easy to lose, subject to damage, and more likely to be stolen than desktop systems. There are also serious considerations regarding data security. In a Computer World article, Muir (2003) estimates that "probably fewer than 10 percent of mobile devices used by major organizations have serious protection for stored data. This vulnerability persists despite the annual Computer Security Institute/FBI studies that document substantial financial losses associated with theft and exposure of confidential data and despite federal regulations governing the security of private data collected by financial and health care organizations."

Answer 3

there is a 69 percent chance on losing your mobile phone at school 8635 votes!!

by bobby Garth

Answer 4

It's messes with your brain long term. Not good to use too much.

Answer 5

They should bring their phones to school because if anything goes wrong then their parents can tell them

Answer 6

we should use ipad at school -.-

Answer 7

It causes too many health problems ,like fatique,headache, poor eyesight etc.

It also causes class distraction and creates dusrespect of teavhers also.

It also increased the chances of sexual activities and harassment.