Strengthening student development powerpoint

1. Strengthening student
development
Banning mobile phones to increase face to face soialisation, improve student
engagement and removing cyber bullying and cheating from the classroom.

2. 95% of college
students take their
phone to class
every day, while
92% text during
class (Tindell &
Bohlander, 2012).

3. The introduction of
social media has
resulted in increased
cyber bullying in the
classroom, with 26% of
teens being harassed
online (Thomas, Bolton
& O’Bannon, 2013).

4. Mobile Phones
Disengagement
Cyberbullying
Distractions
Cheating
Social Media
Physical Activity
Learning
Technology
Messages
Calls & MessagesHarassment
Temptation
Relationships
Photos Videos
No Privacy Communication
Academic integrity Classrooms

5. A study found 80%
of students believed
phones decreased
their ability to pay
attention in class
(O'Bannon &
Thomas, 2015).

6. Teachers
are
becoming
concerned
and
worried
about the
frequency
of mobile
phone
cheating.
More than
65% of
students
know
classmates
who have
cheated
using
mobile
phones.
(Thomas, Bolton & O’Bannon, 2013)

7. The rapid
development of
technology has
increased the
amount of mobile
phones in classroom

8. Face to face
socialisation is
decreasing due to
the entry of mobile
phones
Over 60% of students
use their mobile
phones more than 4
hours a day (Drago,
2015)

9. Mobile phones expand further than
just calls and texts

10. A ban of mobile phones
in schools will improve
learning outcomes and
students will benefit
tremendously and have
limited distractions

11. Reference list
Drago, E. (2015). The effect of technology on face-to-face communication. Elon Journal of
Undergraduate Research in Communications, 6(1). Retrieved from
http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/a?id=1137
O'Bannon, B. W., & Thomas, K. M. (2015). Mobile phones in the classroom: Preservice teachers
answer the call. Computers & Education, 85, 110-122.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2015.02.010
Thomas, K., Bolton, N. & O’Bannon, B. (2013). Cell Phones in the Classroom: Teachers’ perspectives
of inclusion, benefits, and barriers. Computers in the schools, 30(4), 295-308. doi:
10.1080/07380569.2013.844637
Tindell, D. R., & Bohlander, R. W. (2012). The use and abuse of cell phones and text messaging in the
classroom: A survey of college students. College Teaching, 60(1), 1-9.
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