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The use of cell phones for educational purposes.
Technology is one of the principal tools that people use nowadays. Technology became a resource which is used in different fields. Technology contributes in important aspects of our daily life, for example, it is used to speed up the food process, it is used for communicative purposes such as the use of social media or cellphones. Talking about educational field it is possible to mention the positive impact that the use of technology has on students "Technology is a powerful contributor to learning if it is used to deepen students’ engagement in a meaningful and intellectually authentic curriculum. (Costley,2014). Teachers need to take into account that students are living in technological area, so education field has the need to adequate curriculum where technology is used. For example, the use of cell phones for educational purposes has a positive impact on students.
Firstly, it is important to bear in mind that the majority of people are involved in this technological area. Teenagers, in particular, are the most interested in this topic. A good example is the use of cell phones in their diary life. According to a study directed by Common Sense Media, "teenagers are spending more than one-third of their days using media, nearly nine hours on average"( Tsukayama, 2015), in other words, teenagers are submerged in a virtual life, here is where teachers need to intervene, with the objective of using the time which teenager are using their cell phones, but with educational purposes. Although the use of cell phone inside the classroom tends to be a distractor factor the majority of the time, there is a need in educational field of adequate the use of this tool in order get advantage from this and give opportunities to teachers to carry out dynamic lessons.
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Technology is one of the principal tools that people use nowadays. Technology became a resource which is used in different fields. Technology contributes in important aspects of our daily life, for example, it is used to speed up the food process, it is used for communicative purposes such as the use of social media or cellphones. Talking about educational field it is possible to mention the positive impact that the use of technology has on students "Technology is a powerful contributor to learning if it is used to deepen students’ engagement in a meaningful and intellectually authentic curriculum. (Costley,2014). Teachers need to take into account that students are living in technological area, so education field has the need to adequate curriculum where technology is used. For example, the use of cell phones for educational purposes has a positive impact on students.
Firstly, it is important to bear in mind that the majority of people are involved in this technological area. Teenagers, in particular, are the most interested in this topic. A good example is the use of cell phones in their diary life. According to a study directed by Common Sense Media, "teenagers are spending more than one-third of their days using media, nearly nine hours on average"( Tsukayama, 2015), in other words, teenagers are submerged in a virtual life, here is where teachers need to intervene, with the objective of using the time which teenager are using their cell phones, but with educational purposes. Although the use of cell phone inside the classroom tends to be a distractor factor the majority of the time, there is a need in educational field of adequate the use of this tool in order get advantage from this and give opportunities to teachers to carry out dynamic lessons.
As was previosuly mentioned,
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