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I don't think cell phones would benefit the learning environment. Cell phones are more distracting because of all of their features. While you could download apps, even educational apps, I think students would be more interested in texting than using their cell phones for educational purposes. I also feel that there is too much variability. Every student has a different cell phone, some more modern and some more out of date. All of these cell phones have different functions so asking all of the students to do the same task on their phone could be an issue.

Personally I know that I would use my cell phone as a communication and procrastination tool so I have to say I do not think allowing cell phones would be wise.

My opinion is that cell phones would not be beneficial for in-class use because many students would be distracted by certain things on their phones like text messaging, browsing the Internet, twitter, and so on. Today, there are a numerous amount of applications and games that kids can download on their cell phones, and I feel that most students who are bored would just take their phones out and do just that. Also, cheating could always come up... students can use text messaging to ask their friends for answers for assignments.