Article #5 

Summary: The article is exploring the usage of cell phones in the classroom. Cell phones help teachers and students complete the same task in a more efficient fashion. One teacher, in the article, uses cell phones in every class. It is considered a tool. He has the students use their cell phones for online polls. Another teacher uses cell phones in order for the students to write a response and other students to analyze it. Although some teachers use them to make a more efficient classroom, other teachers think it is unfair to the students who do not own a cell phone. Regardless do the view of the teacher, the view of cell phones in school are changing. At some schools, students can use their phones when promoted by a teacher. 

Reflection: In a perfect world cell phones would be a great tool, but the world is not perfect. There are many students who do not own a smart phone or even a phone. Cell phones also present a distraction to the students. The teacher cannot monitor what each student is actually doing on their phones throughout the entire class. I do think that cell phones should be integrated, but they should not be relied on so heavily that the class could not function without them. There are equal positive and negative aspects of using cell phones in class.