Can you use your cellphone at school?
A central Iowa high school has cracked down on students' excessive use of cellphones and other hand-held devices by banning them during the entire school day. Officials at Bondurant-Farrar High School say students can carry their cellphones in their pockets or purses, but they can't use them or even look at them. That includes between classes and during the lunch hour. Officials say the ban was in response to students' excessive use of the electronic devices. They also wanted to control cyber-bullying on social media. Students face different levels of punishment if they disobey the rules. Some students have had their cellphones taken away for a short period. At least two students have received a tougher three-day school suspension. Critical thinking challenge: What does the school gain by cracking down on cellphone use? Do you think students should be allowed to use cellphones at school? Why or Why not? After you respond to these questions you will then respond to two other students opinions.
Mason
9/26/2016 01:03:51 pm
What the school gains is the power to stop cyber bullies from happening right of the bat and makes it so that kid don't do any thing stupid on them or make other kid do stupid things. But I still believe that students should have their phones at school and should be able to freely look at them during lunch and between class. The reason being is that their parents might have to text them something important and if they lose that ability then it might become a problem for everyone even the schools faculty. And say that a school has every student put their phone away in a tube at the begging of the day what if a mad man goes in the school what are the kid going to do just stand their if they had their phones they can call the police and get help. But on the other hand if kids had their cellphones at school they could use any thing a student said on a recorder and use that as black mail towards the other student. Or they can use their phone as a way of cheating from others or the teacher by using the camera on the phone to take a image of the answers or the other students work. But phones can be use as a way of searching something important or maybe a word from the dictionary. Or get help on line by using some internet sources that help students with math or English.
Danner
9/26/2016 09:42:42 pm
I agree with the comment about a mad man coming to school. Students should have access to their phone in an emergency. During the day though, I don't think that it is right for students to use their phone to harm others like you said and black mail them, take pictures, or cheat. The phones should be in your backpack or pocket during classes shut off.
Tanner
9/27/2016 06:54:17 pm
Mason, i disagree with what you said about the school immediately shutting down cyber bullying because cyber bullying happens outside of school people wouldn't use their phones during school to cyber bully. I also disagree and agree with what you said about them using their phones for looking up words in the dictionary because 1 the school could have computers for them to use during class time and 2 they could also have dictionary's for the kids to use instead of their phones. But everything else you said i think was pretty well done. A+
Olivia
9/26/2016 01:41:38 pm
In this situation, the school is gaining more focused students who aren’t focusing on their cyber bullies and/or their phones in general. I think students should have a right to use their phones in between classes and during lunch. I believe this because if students are using their phones during their free time at school then they aren’t disrupting any classes. The use of phones at school can be very helpful when you are trying to contact someone outside of class, and some teachers also allow you to use the Internet on your phone to find other resources. But if students are using their phones at school to bully others then that is a problem. But taking phones away during school isn’t going to make the problem go away because kids can still bully their peers face to face. And then there is excessive phone usage. There are kids who are on their phones all the time at school, and if it is during their free time then it shouldn’t be a problem unless they are using their phones for the wrong reasons. But if they are using phones in class without authorization then that is a problem because it is disrespectful to the teacher. Overall, I think phones are okay to use and can be very useful to use at school as long as you aren’t abusing the privilege.
Mason
9/26/2016 08:04:48 pm
Olivia I agree with everything you said on you reply. It is right to make it so kid can't have their cellphones out during class and that kids should get the right to have them out during lunch and in between class and it gives the kid the ability to learn more about each other and what they do. And with the fact you said about how teachers allow kids to be on them during class for finding things on the in internet.
Danner
9/26/2016 09:48:44 pm
I agree with what you said about having the teacher agree and know that you are on your phone in class. There are times that using the phone is helpful and successful. The problem with phones at school comes down to those kids that abuse the privilege. I think that your ideas are very similar to mine.
Anna
9/28/2016 05:58:40 pm
Olivia, I completely agree with how you said phone can be very helpful, they could be used to contact someone about something important, calculator, internet when there is no computer available at the time. I also agree with you when you said taking phones away during school isn’t going to make the problem go away because kids can still bully their peers face to face.
Brooke
9/28/2016 08:35:54 pm
Olivia, I agree with you all the way. I especially like the part where you stated, “students are using their phones during their free time at school then they aren’t disrupting any classes.” We really aren’t and we should get the right to be able to have that privilege. Phones aren’t a distraction, usually, unless they are being used in class.
Danner
9/26/2016 09:37:03 pm
By cracking down on cell phone use, the school gains students who are focused on their work and learning. The school will have taken away the way that students could cyber bully during school time or cheat on an assignment by googling answers. It is one less thing for teachers to worry about. If students don’t have their phones out then they are not worried about what is going on on them. I think that students should be able to use their phones during lunch for free time but have the ability to get to it during the day in case there is an emergency. Lunch is free time for students. During the school day, it can be very distracting for students. Students who have phones out and are using them during the day can distract even students, who do not have a phone. It can be distracting because students start watching them with the phone and not focused on schoolwork. I feel that there should be punishments for students who do not follow the rules with their phone. However, I don’t feel that the school should have the right to take the phone from a student that student may need their phone after school hours. Other punishments could be lunch detention, having your parents come get the phone from school or turning your phone in when you get to school.
Tanner
9/27/2016 06:59:41 pm
Danner like i told mason i think that cyber bullying is not happening in school because they wold get caught by teachers. Cyber bullying would happen outside of the school where nobody else is around them. And how would students google answers on google during class time because it would be pretty obvious if they were googling the answers because they would either have to have their phones up on the desk or they would constantly be looking down so i think it would be obvious if they were to be googling the answers. But everything else you did good on well typed my friend.
Olivia
9/27/2016 08:46:58 pm
Danner, I completely agree with your response. I like how you brought up cheating and that students can use Google to look up answers on the tests/quizzes because kids do cheat with their phones during school and that is a fact. Because of this, I disagree with Tanner’s response because teachers aren’t always watching your every move and students get away with cheating on their phone very often.
Sydney
9/28/2016 07:34:37 pm
Danner, I completely agree with your comment. Students lunch is their free time. I also like how you brought up the fact that people could be cheating by using their phones. I also agree how you said there should be punishments. People who don’t follow the rules and distract others deserve to be punished some way.
Evan
9/30/2016 05:01:38 pm
Danner, I agree with your response. I like how you brought up how if you were to get rid of phones, then everybody would be more focused and ready to learn. All together, I think that this is a very well said response and I agree with all of it.
Mason
9/27/2016 04:17:40 pm
I agree with what you said Danner with the students that need their phones after hours should get them back and with people doing bad things on them should be punished with whatever the parents and principle says. And also with students being able to use their phones during lunch and in between class. And that students are getting distracted by what the other student is doing on it. All in all everything you said I will stand by it.
Kelsey
9/27/2016 05:52:49 pm
So in this situation, most schools have gained more of their students who focus more on their school work than their phones, or trying to be mean to kids online. If you try to take away phones from students it still won’t help the bully perspective, because bulling doesn’t just happen online, it happens in real life and there is nothing we can really do to stop it. We can take away phones from students during school hours, but it doesn’t always work to just take the things that are the source of the bullying because that will just make people want to do it even more. Well in some cases yes students should be allowed to be on their phones, but if they are like on social media and if they are texting than no they shouldn’t. The only reason why I say this is because if they are on social media than they have the opportunity to bully someone online. It’s also a way to keep connected with friends or family that don’t live with you are that don’t go to your school. They should also have their phones in case of an emergency, for example if there is a school shooter and you want to inform your parents, than you have to have your phone to notify them, that you are safe and nothing has happened to you.
Olivia
9/27/2016 08:53:44 pm
Kelsey, I 100% agree with your statement. When you said “If you try to take away phones from students it still won’t help the bully perspective, because bulling doesn’t just happen online, it happens in real life and there is nothing we can really do to stop it.” I have the exact same opinion on this. You’re right, taking phones away at school won’t make bullying go away completely because no matter what type of bullying is going on, it can happen anywhere.
Brooke
9/28/2016 08:30:56 pm
I agree with you all the way. The bulling probably won’t stop, it might just get worse and it doesn’t help that they can just go and do it at home. I liked it when you said,” bulling doesn’t just happen online, it happens in real life”. It happens all the time, everyone has been bullied at least once in their lives, some worse than others, some useless and some harmful.
Gracie
9/29/2016 07:49:12 pm
Kelsey I total agree with especially when you said that bullying doesn't just happen online, because that is so true.Also, when you said that they should have their phoned to tell their parents that there is a school shooter.
Gracie
9/29/2016 07:52:36 pm
One more thing. I also agree that if they are on social media that that can give them the opportunity to bully someone online.
Tanner
9/27/2016 06:47:22 pm
The school gains more productivity from students. Students probably start to focus on the teacher when he or she is talking. They also might get a slight increase in their grades. I honestly think students should not be able to use their phones in school because they would constantly get yelled at because some students just stay on their phones and the other ones that are successful stay off their phones and get work done. If the teachers wanted to control and stop cyber bullying they would have to do way more than just keep phones out of school because most cyber bullying happens out of school so the teachers or who ever is trying to stop cyber bullying is not thinking straight. If the students have faced different types of punishment, what kind of punishment makes them lose their phone for a short amount of time. That wouldn't do anything because if it was for a short period then they would probably keep doing it thinking they would keep getting the same punishment.
Anna
9/28/2016 06:07:39 pm
Tanner, I agree with you when you said that they also might get a slight increase in their grades. I agree with you because when students don’t have the drama and distractions of their phones they will have more time for school work. I do not agree with you when you said that students should not be able to use their phones in school because they would constantly get yelled at.
Alyssa
9/28/2016 07:39:40 pm
Tanner I agree with some of what you said, but I don't agree with how you think students shouldn't be able to have their phones in school. You talked about how they shouldn't have them in class, but you didn't give any reasons why students shouldn't be able to have their phones at lunch and between classes. I think that it is okay to keep phones out of the classroom, but I think students should be able to have their phones during lunch and between classes because it is their own free time.
Sydney
9/28/2016 07:40:35 pm
Tanner, I agree with some of the stuff you said. I agree with how it can help increase in student’s grades and keep them focused. I disagree on the part of the cyberbully though, teachers who take away their phones can be helping because there is still a lot of bulling that goes on in the school, not just all outside. So teachers I think have an impact on it.
Evan
9/30/2016 05:10:13 pm
Tanner, I agree with most of your response, but not specifically when you state that most cyber-bullying doesn't happen at school. Though I do not believe that we have a cyber-bullying problem here, other schools might, and some if not most of the cyber-bullying would happen at school. Other than that I agree with your response.
Anna
9/28/2016 05:31:47 pm
By cracking down on students cellphone use the school gains more productive and focused students. It will be more likely for students to come to class prepared, and pay more attention. I often see students late to class because they would be texting someone in between classes or walk in right when class starts forget their stuff and have to get a hall pass to get it because they were on their phone. I also always see students checking their phones in the middle of class. That is why I think taking phones away would make students more productive and focused. I also think that taking phones away will cause less cyber bullying even though that after school it could happen. Taking phones away will never take all of those problems away 100%, but it will help. With what I think about what schools would gain, I still think that phones should be allowed because cellphones have become such a staple on our life. We use them for everything. I think that students just need to learn how to use them respectfully. By that I mean not having them in class, keeping them off till lunch, not cheating with it, and not cyber bullying.
Alyssa
9/28/2016 07:47:01 pm
Anna, I completely agree with your DQ! I especially like when you talked about how students are late to class because they were on their phones, that was a really good point and a very true statement. I also love how you talked about using our phones respectfully. I also agree with what you said about still being able to have our phones at school, we do use them for a lot of things and not all students are using them in a disrespectful way.
Sydney
9/28/2016 07:27:52 pm
The school gains students getting more of their work done and focusing on that instead of their phones. I think students should be able to use their phones at least during lunch because that is their free time and they might need to contact someone like their parent. I also think you should be able to use your phone for school activities in the classes because there is sometimes when you need to use it, but if there is a time where it gets out of control then I think we should limit it to only lunch and between classes.
Gracie
9/29/2016 08:01:12 pm
Sydney I agree with you. I do agree that it does give them more of their work done and not being so focusing on their phones so much.They should be allowed to have there phones at lunch. Also, to contact their parents if they need to. I like how you said if that if it gets out of control that they should limit the phone use to lunch time only.
Briielle
9/30/2016 08:31:26 pm
Sydney,
Alyssa
9/28/2016 07:33:52 pm
I think that the school gains focused students and less bullying. By taking away their phones the students are less focused on what’s happening on their phones and more focused on their school work. Also by taking away their phones at school it will help make sure that students aren’t on their phone all the time so they will learn to focus on other things in life not just school. I think that students should be allowed to use their phones at lunch and between classes because it is their free time. Also students might be cyberbullying at school, but taking away their phones at school won’t completely help. Students can still be cyberbullying while they’re at home and the student that is being bullied probably won’t be focused anyways. So taking away their phones might help stop the cyberbullying, but it won’t completely stop the cyberbullying. I think that taking away the students phones is helpful, but it also isn’t completely fair to the students since not all students are cyberbullying and not all students are always on their phones. It’s okay to take away phones during class, but to me it’s unfair to take away phones between classes and at lunch.
Maddy
9/30/2016 07:14:32 pm
I agree with everything that you said especially what the school gains. I also think that they gain more focus and not as much cyber bulling but I like how you said that it probably wont take all of it away because they can still do it at home and when ever they are not school,
Kelsey
10/1/2016 04:00:33 pm
Alyssa, I agree with everything you said, but one thing that really stuck out was, when you said, “Students can still be cyber-bullying while they’re at home and the student that is being bullied probably won’t be focused anyways.” That a really good thing to think about because we don’t always bully at school. In fact most cyber-bullying is done at home. So good way of putting your words.
Brooke
9/28/2016 08:22:17 pm
By cracking down on cellphone use that school gains concentration and hard work from their students. They took their one source to be able to cyber bully or to cheat on any work. Not having phones gives teachers’ one thing not to have to worry about. They don’t have to try to keep an eye out for phones, cheating, passing notes, kids not paying attention and more. I think that students should only be allowed to have their phones during free times, like lunch. I also think that students should be allowed to have their phones on themselves at all times in cases of emergencies or other issues that may be caused. One of the main reasons that I think that phones should only be used during free time/lunch is because it not only distracts the student using it, it can distract others too. Since the students have the privilege to be able to use them at certain times there should be some punishments for misusage of them, there should be rules. I don’t think they should get their phone took away in case the student needs it for certain things with family and such. I think they should get turned in during school, get lunch detention, or maybe even have someone from home come and get it from the school.
Gracie
9/29/2016 07:34:54 pm
Jaden
9/30/2016 12:24:46 pm
This is Jaden. The school gains knowing what kind of kids are always on their phone in class so that they can keep an eye on them. Also they gain more attention in classes if they take the students phone away because then the student is actually paying attention instead of playing on their phone. When the teachers discipline a student for being on their phone they earn more respect also. I think that students should be a loud to have their cellphones and devices at school but only to a certain limit. I think they should only be a loud on the phones during lunch or in between classes. I think they should also be able to be on them if the teacher allows them to like during classes if the teacher trusts them and they need to look something up because all of the computers are taken or something they should be able to use it. I also think that before school they could be a loud to use them or after school also. Students should also respect the teacher’s rules so if the teacher does not want their students to bring cellphones to class then they should not bring their cellphones to class.
Maddy
9/30/2016 07:09:36 pm
I agree with your comment completely! I think that our school should be allowed to have phones but to a certain limits like you said. I also agree with what you said about what that school is gaining with not being able to be on their phones at all.
Teagan
9/30/2016 07:55:34 pm
I agree that they should only be able to have their phones in class if the teacher says they can. It depends on the teacher though because some are much stricter about phones in class than others.
Briielle
9/30/2016 12:30:50 pm
The school, by cracking down on cellphone use, gains the ability to slightly decrease cyber bullying, at least as much as they can. I think that students, however, should be allowed to use cellphones at school. According to the National Crime Prevention Council, 43% of teens report that they have experienced some form of cyber bullying in the last year. I think that teens are more likely to cyberbully while at home because it enables them to avoid the victim. However, I think that cellphones should be allowed at school as long as it is either for educational purposes only during in class and anything else is during break or lunch. If the students are using it for social media instead educational purposes during class, then that's where you need to stop them.
Gavin
9/30/2016 02:42:07 pm
The school gains by not having to keep telling kids to get off of their phones so there kids would pay more attentions in their classes. I think they should if people don’t get in trouble but if they constantly keep getting in trouble then they should get band because teachers shouldn’t have to tell their students constantly to get off them. So they should be allowed until that happens.
Briielle
9/30/2016 08:35:35 pm
I agree with you Gavin! Teachers shouldn't have to tell their students to get off their phone. It's disrespectful and rude. It's only okay if it's during lunch but even then they shouldn't just sit around on their phones.
Imigin
9/30/2016 03:55:18 pm
Hello my name is Imigin and this is what I think about cellphone use in school. The student are no longer distracted by their cellphones and will be more confused on school work and learning or listening to the teachers. I think yes students show be able to use their cellphones at school because that how we as in students communicate with our parents to find what is going on or if our parents need to talk to us privately. In my opinion cellphones should be allowed in school for fun, for communication, searching, and answers. We also might need to use our cellphones for a calculator or maybe when a teacher asks to have something searched and the internet isn’t working on the computer so you would have to use a cellphone. There are a lot of bad things when it comes to cellphones, but there are also a lot of good things that come from them. Its because of my cellphone I can talk to my best friend, sister, dad, grandma, aunt and uncle. They are the great family to have when you need support. If I’m upset about something I text my best friend or sister and i feel better in seconds.
Kelsey
10/1/2016 03:49:13 pm
Imigin I agree with you 100%, especially when you said “The students are no longer distracted by their cellphones and will be more confused on school work and learning or listening to the teachers.” That is a very good point especially in this generation, because kids these days don’t really understand school as much as people did in the past.
Evan
9/30/2016 05:29:15 pm
The school gains a more focused group of students and less distractions at school. For me, cell phones at school haven’t been a problem, since I don’t have a phone. It is for that reason, that I think that students shouldn’t be allowed to use cell phones at school, but they should be available for them before and after school. I’m not against cell phones, I still want one of my own! But while in school, students could use their phones to cheat on assignments, and/or get distracted from their work. If they get distracted, they don’t get their work done, and may not get things turned in, both of which will result in their grade dropping, and obviously you don’t want that. I don’t have a problem with phones because again, I don’t have a phone, and I can walk to my grandmas, and my house from school, but other students may not have that. If they lived far out of town and can’t drive, they would need somebody to get them back home, which will most likely result in them needing to use their phone (or somebody else’s) to make a phone call to get them back home.
Maddy
9/30/2016 07:04:35 pm
I think that cracking down on cell phone rule benefits the school because makes it so that kids can stay more focused during school and not just sitting on their phones all day. It also makes it so that the kids are not temped to be on them during class and you will not have to have a punishment for if it goes off in class. It can make it so that you don’t have any cyber bulling problems. It allows you to be able to have kids be more involved in games and other activities and makes it so more kids are interacting with each other. I do think that phones should be allowed at our school because a lot of the kids at our school are involved with everything we do. Also if you walk through the hallways you don’t see a lot of kids just on their phones there are some that are on them but the majority are talking and interacting. I think that our school doesn’t have very many cyber bulling problems because most of the kids in our school get along pretty good on the internet and in person. In all I think that we should not banned cell phones from our school.
Teagan
9/30/2016 07:53:09 pm
I like how you put your thoughts into words. I never would have thought to said how it keeps students focused in school without their phones. I agree that the school should be able to have phones but I think the school would gain if we just didn't have phones on during school hours.
Teagan
9/30/2016 07:48:37 pm
I think that kids should be able to have their phones on them unless they are in class. By making a rule and actually enforcing it that would mean that you wouldn’t have trouble with kids not paying attention in class. I don’t even think that kids should even be aloud to have their phones in class with them. It would even be better if they could have them on at all during the school day because then they would actually learn to be social with other kids and not just rely on their phones to communicate with one another. Not having their phones on during the school day could also help them focus on their school work rather than their electronics. It may even help more kids become more involved in school activities like sports and dances. It could help because not having their phones on would make them want to interact more with friends and peers. Comments are closed.
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