Taylor Loving

Freed, Richard. “Why Phones Don’t Belong in School.” Huffington Post. Ed. Hillary Frey. 13         

         Apr. 2017. Web. 22 Jan. 2018.
    
    Huffington Post was founded in 2005 as a website that covers a wide variety of topics including technology and lifestyle which both cover the use of cell phones. Richard Freed is a psychologist who has seen many clients who have cell phone addicted children, and he has seen the cell phone addicts themselves. The banning of cell phones in schools would solve the many issues that go along with the excessive use of them. Although phones are capable of being excellent tools of learning, they are more often than not used as a form of entertainment. A sense of comfort is present when a student has their phone on them to stay in touch with their parents in the case of an emergency. However, students who excessively use their cell phones are at more of a risk of being a victim of cyberbullying.

National Communication Association. “Texting and tweeting in the classroom: How do they       

         impact student learning?” ScienceDaily. Ed. Dan Hogan. 4 June. 2015. Web. 22 Jan. 2018

    ScienceDaily, an award winning site used by many students, researchers, and educators, was created in 1995. The article comes from the National Communication Association,  a site that targets students and educators and focuses on communication and it’s many forms. Students note taking skills, material recall, and overall focus in class is negatively impacted with the use of cell phones for entertainment purposes. Teachers who have combatted this issue by engaging the class in technology based lessons saw an increase in grades and attention of students. Students who tweeted or texted during class took lower quality notes than those who did not. The overuse of cell phones is becoming a major factor in how the brain processes information.
    
Schaffhauser, Dian. “Research: College Students More Distracted Than Ever.” Campus           

        Technology. 20 Jan. 2016. Web. 22 Jan. 2018.

    Campus Technology, a site targeting college students and professors, became the follow up website of the Syllabus publication in 2004. Dian Schaffhauser is an experienced author with 14 years under her belt as the Publisher and Editorial Director of her own website. The article explains research conducted on students to explore the reasons they use their phones in class and what impact it has on their classroom learning. The research found that many students use their phones in class to check the time, text, email, etc. to fight boredom in the classroom. Majority of the students admitted that they had a problem with cell phone use but said they do not believe banning them from the classroom would be the answer to the problem. In conclusion, Schaffhauser explains that instructors could combat this issue by creating a less boring learning environment.

Weimer, Maryellen. “The Age of Distraction: Getting Students to Put Away Their Phones and       

         Focus on Learning.” Faculty Focus. Ed. Mary Bart. 8 Jan. 2014. Web. 22 Jan. 2018.
    
    Faculty Focus, created in 2003, won the 2017 MERLOT Faculty Development Classics Award for being the most widely used site for faculty of colleges. Maryellen Weimer, since 1987, has been writer and editor of The Teaching Professor newsletter and blog. Weimer’s article focuses on what happens when students are on their cell phones during class such as loss of focus, poor note taking, low test grades, etc. Teachers struggle to monitor an entire class from being on their phones and become distracted themselves. Some suggestions for faculty trying to get students to put their phones away are discussed such as share statistics of the matter or create a small presentation to grab their attention and make them aware. In this article, it is explained that banning phones or confiscating them is not the best way to handle the situation.