In the 21st century, mobile devices recently are an integral part of our lives through communication and learning purposes. People say that smart phones can facilitate students in their education, however, many are concerned about the drawbacks it may bring to students in terms of their attention. In this essay, I will specify the advantages of this technology by utilizing it for research as well as multi-media presentation. Unfortunately, this will expose non-academic content which will hamper their concentration.
When we talk about academic landscapes, availability of online sources is easily accessible by using cell phones because it will help students to understand complex topics and research about specific projects and syllabus on the internet. In addition to its benefits, It can be used to log in into different social-media platforms like Youtube, Wiki-Pedia in their classrooms. In my case, my students have used a youtube channel named ‘DIY’ in presenting a science experiment. For instance, the demonstration of a volcanic eruption. As a matter of fact, others would take videos during their presentation to show in the classroom.
On the flip side, Learners might encounter explicit and vulgar contents such as porno-graphic materials and getting hooked with addictive mobile games such as Call-of-Duty, PUBG, E-FOOTBALL. Since these web-sites and apps are free and can be easily installed from the app-store. For example, it has been reported that exposure of obscene clips and photos has negative impact on teenagers, which can lead to depression and anxiety affecting their overall performance and focus. While excessive screen-time can cause disturbances on their school works and at worst eventually damaging eye-sight which is quite common nowadays.
To put things in perspective, I believe that the use of handheld gadgets is beneficial as long as it is supervised by teachers and should avoid during class hours. Not only that, features like child-lock should be implemented so that we can censor adult contents.