Cell phones, and the broader array of digital mobile devices, pose unique communication challenges for both users and those with whom the students interact in regard with effective learning. ... Communication technology such as computers, cell phones, smartphones, and other devices offer opportunities to deepen learning through creativity, collaboration, and connection, but those very devices can also be very distracting to students and ultimately contribute to ineffective learning. For example, during class, a student will probably find it more important or entertaining to pull out their phon...

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In addition, cell phone addiction rooted from the need for instant gratification can harm us physically. "The National Safety Council estimates that more than a quarter of all traffic crashes - over 1.6 million a year - involve cell phone calls or texting. Some lawyers even call mobile phone use the DWI of the 21st century" (Aslop, 2011). ... Some people have their own strategies to delay gratification from instant messaging on phones and computers. ... When we spend more time on our phones and laptops, we begin to develop attention disorders such as ADHD. ...

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With an abundance of cell phone, televisions, computers, and tablets in homes and offices across the US, it is not difficult to find that sexual content is available at any time or place. ... Models on Instagram, selfies on Facebook, sexually charged commercials, porn applications for your phone – sex is abundant in lives today. ... Whether the method of communication is a television in a home or restaurant, downloadable phone applications, car radios and music in stores, or computers at work, we are surrounded by media and search tools that can lead to any genre of specific content. ......

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Popular fields of development have been cell phones, and the Internet, which now go hand in hand. ... Proving more so of this underwhelming popularity of text messaging, Americans between ages of 18-29 send and receive an average of nearly eighty eight text messages per day, compared to seventeen phone calls [Jef12]. ... On average, Americans spent seven point six hours a month using social media, with the majority of individuals accessing social networking sites through cell phones. ...

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Cyberbullying is getting more and more attention especially from social media. With the rise of cell phone technology and a general lack of accountability, cyberbullying is affecting a substantial number of people including: teens, children, and young adults. A good example of cyberbullying took pla...

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Not only are children spending time watching television and movies, there has been an increase in the use of portable devices such as cell phones, tablets and laptops in addition to time spent playing video games. ...

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People cannot walk into a family home or even a restaurant without seeing one person not on a cell phone, computer, or tablet, talking, texting, or playing a game instead of interacting with each other. ...

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