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                                                THE USE OF SMARTPHONES IN EDUCATION

Smartphones are generally a pda type phone that is equipped with software to help manage a busy schedule. Smartphones also let you make telephone calls and have (apps) like Facebook and twitter which are used to chart with friends and to search for information.

Smartphones play an important role in education as they are mostly used and understood by the majority number of people, smartphones are mostly used by students to do research works because smartphones provide large range of information. Students take notes in class on their smartphones by typing and using a stylus. “The stylus lets students write mathematical formulas that would be tough to replicate even with a specially designed keyboard”. Smartphones have enough space to store information you can store as many notes as you like, in that way they help reduce Harvey baggage of text books. Carrying a smartphone is like carrying all your text books in one device. Smartphones make education more easy because you can consult your lecture via email and get lecture examples online

Smartphones are usually discouraged by educators and professors because they draw students attention away from what is done in class. After all, since smartphones allow you to do anything you want these days, having them in the classroom might be distracting students. Smartphones let students play online games, check texts and even watch TV in the class room. This is extremely distracting students not only ones with the smartphones, but can also become a distraction for other students around them. 

Even though smartphones have some negative effects on student’s education, but they play a very important role in improving education by making education process more convenient and less time consuming when searching for information online you do not need to go to the library.  

REFERENCES

cellphones.about.com : BY LIANO CASSAVOY , Jan 23 2011

www.education.com :BY  TOOD HOFFMAN  May 5 2012

www.teachthought.com : BY TERRY HEICK , Jan 26 2010

CONTRIBUTION BY: SIBUSISO NDABA
editing partner: Gracious Zungu.