EVALUATIVE COMMENTARY 3 - CAN CELLPHONES BE EDUCATIONAL TOOLS?

CAN CELLPHONES BE EDUCATIONAL TOOLS?

BRIANNA MEDEL, OCTOBER 3, 2017

SOURCE:  https://highschool.latimes.com/east-los-angeles-renaissance-academy/can-cellphones-be-educational-tools/

            This article illustrates that cellphones can be an educational tool for students because nowadays people are focusing more on technology and cellphones are the main technology that we use. The author is very objective about the function of cellphones for educational purpose.

            For the start, cellphones can be educational tools because cellphones can add knowledge for students with many applications that can be installed to learn and they can look up to many sites in cellphones when doing a research. For instance, students use cellphones to look up to a definition of a word or use it as a simplest way to check an email because it is already installed to their phones.

            Other than that, cellphones can make students’ job easier by opening as many tasks as possible compared to computers. Opening tasks on cellphones are easier for the students, with the help of the available applications that are accessible on phones. Computers also might take time for students to open. Such as mathematical, English application or any other searches on google.

            Besides that, students would rather finish their assignments at home rather than in school. They prefer to go home and do their assignments with a fast connection Wi-Fi than be in school. It is said in the United States by “Young teens in U.S. use mobile devices for homework’’ article that they are using their cellphones to do homework.

            To all of that, we partially agree that cellphones can be a good educational tool for students because it will teach them how to be more creative with the technology nowadays and also increase their knowledge. However, having a cellphone for students will keep them distracted with social media that they have such as Twitter and Instagram. Students can also be distracted with their cellphones when they are searching for something on Google because of their past tasks in their phones.

            In conclusion, making cellphone as an educational tool is really a good thing like helping students to quickly searching up for words or a case study that they are unsure about but it also has its bad side. Students need to use it wisely in order to get a good result from the cellphone itself and if it is for educational purpose then make it as an educational purpose. Not to take advantage of it in school for entertainment.

- by Nadhirah & Tasya