Are there more advantages than advantages to using mobile phones in class? Abstract:Key words:Date:November 7, 2016Team name:EDSName of editor/team leader:EdwiinFull name of team members:Shane, Denny, EdwiinName of teacher:Bill WestwaterIntroduction:The cellphone has developed a long time and it is extremely popular with the people using mobile phone in class, especially when the smart phone come out in front of people.Most parent agree with students to take the phone to school. Cellphones are widely used by students whose can use the cellphone to take photos, serf the internet, connect with parents and friends. But the bad thing is that some students rely on smart phone and always focus on phone in the classes. And accordingto Tindell and Bohander (2012), 95% of students bring their phone to class every day,92% students use their phone to text message during class time, and 10% admit they have texted during an exam on at least one occasion.For example, Hurst (2004) hypothesizes that students used calculator functions to cheat on math test. This is high percentage in using mobile phones in classes, it means that cellphone have a great influence in the student’s study and their life. In the meantime, the problem which is that are there more disadvantage than advantage of using mobile phone in class? It is widelybelievedthat there is more advantage than disadvantage of using cellphone in class. However, a part of people thinks that there is more disadvantage than advantage to using mobile phone in class. It is heated debated in this discussion by people.This project will both explore the advantages and disadvantages of students to use mobile phone in class, and also will showhow the cellphone affect studying. Itwill alsoprovide the evidence and discuss the using cellphone advantage more than the disadvantage of using cell phone after getting the results. What is more,our group did a questionnaire about the people using cellphone in class in order to solved the problem. In this questionnaire it is clearly describedthe question like that what kind of things student do use the mobile phone in class. Finally, it would be point out that there is more advantage than disadvantage of using mobile phone in class.Methodology:This topic is connected to our normal life. So, making a questionnaire to interview others students which is the important efficiency way for us. Thisquestionnaire was made from last week andit concludes some information which is about are there more advantages than disadvantages to using mobile phones in class?Mobile phone use is widespread in University students and almost every student will take mobilephone to class. In this survey, it needs students to join andhas been interviewed 17 students. In order to get more data, this questionnaire is full of open questions. It can be collected some different opinions which is about advantages and disadvantages. This activity was happened at last Tuesday. Although some students don’t want to accept this interview, but it was succeeding to finish at last.This project was made from a group. And it is the result of several panel discussions, eventually completed by the group collaboration. There are so a lot of questionnaires model in terms of using mobile phone in classin the internet thatthis questionnaire is concluded few questions which are from the internet. Of course, it has most of questions which are made from the group members. it was a question and answer formatduring the interview. And then, when a questionnaire was finished, it would be given to the leader of group. finally, the interview results are as follows.1.2.3.4.5.What kind of things you do use the mobile phone in class?Dictionary/ check messages that emergency/ make reminders/ google/ searching/ chatting app6.7.Do you think that should be allowed to text message during class? （check all8.Which of the following things you do use the mobile phone in class?Table 79.Do you have any other ideas for a good policy on mobile phone use?Do not use it to do something which is not useful for the lesson. /Use laptop instead of mobile phone/Timetable, class group chat, assistance with work/Results:From the table 1, it is said almost all of students bring their mobile phone to class and have one student who answers sometimes because the evidence happening every times. While, no students do not bring mobile phone to class. It means that students cannot leave mobile phone every day. In the table 2, without using mobile phones in one day is less than three hours, and the time of students using mobile in one day more than four hours is twice of three to four hours. It can be showed mobile phone is the most important tools in the life of students who need spend much time to use mobile phone. And 80 presents students think use mobile phone in class which can help them to study in the third table. There are a lot of reasons about it. For example, using cell phone can help them to translate some words.In the 21st century, scientists like to study what effects about use mobile phone in class. In this interview, from the table 4, there is about near 50 percent students who think use mobile phone will be affected their study due to they cannot control their hands and eyes, because they always will focus on mobile phone and play some games in class. However, a little more than 50 present of students they do not think so because it can be depended on self-control ability. There are a thousand of functions which can help study such as easy to obtain knowledge, watch English videos and save time. In addition, mobile phone can also help students to do a lot during the classes, and they think mobile phone has many features which are dictionary, checked messages that emergency, made reminders, Google searchingand chatting app. In table 5, those are really useful for their study. But students take mobile phone in class which has a big negative which is some students will send some texts to other people. It will be affected the efficiency of learning.Sending text is an impolite way to teacher in class. But some students believe that they can send texts every time if they want. It is a right of freedom in class. On the contrary, in the table 6, it also has 10 present students think that is never okay to send texts in class. In class, there is not only a study place, but also it is a communication platform. So this way is allowed. From the histogram, it is introduced something about students what will use mobile phone to do. There is the highest thing which is searching for information that is useful for the lesson. None use mobile phone to watch video in class. There is showed mobile phone can help students studying and that is advantage. In the end, it has another idea or suggestion for this topic in these survey respondents. They think use laptop in class which is better than use mobile phone.Discussion:Based on student’s responses to the common sense media poll and the present research, 90 present students use mobile phone in class, and they think use mobile phone can help their study a lot. Because using mobile phone have a lot of advantages in it. But it need have a policy to manage it. Mobile phone is a useful tool in class. It can help students a lot to study. Data, such as that found in our survey, can be shared with the students, so that they understand the extent of the potential problem. It appears that many of the offending students may not be aware that their behavior is causing a distraction for their classmates, or that cheating could be a problem. Having a mobile phone policy in place is not enough, however. Faculty must enforce the policy for it to be effective. Of course, if people don’t focus on policy in class, using mobile phone is a useful way in class. The policy is the most important in class, but mobile phone can help students study which is no doubt.Clearly the use of mobile phone in the college classroom is an issue that academic institutions cannot ignore, and it demands action by faculty to ensure an effective learning environment for all students.Evaluation:Conclusion:To sum up, if you ask the question is that do you think using mobile phones in class is advantage? The answer must be no, because this is t he first senseof students. However, it is very useful for study when you use it in right way such as taking photo made reminds.。