Cellphones are now the most sought after device in today’s technology.This innovation has prove its worth despite the facts that there are still people who are in contradiction to this device.
Yet we cannot hide the facts that there are more pros than cons on this one. But what has come to my interest is the future impact of cellphones on education and our children.
It made me wonder what it will be like to go to school now with full access to cellphones that can be freely used by students.
In fact, this issue or concern of whether students could be allowed to freely bring their cellphones to school have been under fire in different schools today. Some schools even have already ban the bringing of this device inside their classes.
Raising issues like, that this very device could be the reason that would affect our children’s study or be use in wrong manner like cheating during exams/test, take pictures in locker room and bathrooms, arrange drug deals and/or adult content that is freely accessible in the web.
Isolated cases that involved few students from different schools and not all students are like that, how far we can go if we punished the majority for the crimes of a few.
I personally agree with the advantages of cellphones, iPods and other devices that can store and transfer files and be used for the collection and use of digital artifacts.
We parents these days rely more on cell phones to keep track of our children and communicate with them. Our kids also need cell phones to coordinate plans with friends and parents.
The safety of our children is also one of the most important issue that raise concern by most parents, not only during school, but before and after school.
We want our children to have the freedom and mobility and we want them to also accept the responsibility that goes with this. Let us not deprive them their right.
So as parents, we should be the best model in proper practice and sensible use of this technologies innovation.
In the end, its is our children who shall reap the fruits of this innovation and I believe this is the way forward for education.