Cellphone Discussion

1. How could teachers use students mobile phones / smartphones in the elementary, JHS or HS classroom? 2. Did you know anyone who has been cyber bullied? 3. Is your life better than your grandparents because of technology like the cellphone? 4. Should students video classes and upload them on youtube without the teachers permission? 5. Can mobile phones harm our health? 6. Cellphones are useful when there is an accident or a disaster but do we need to carry them with us everywhere?

Researchers Find "Stunning" Evidence of Cell Phone Dangers

To study hard we need to concentrate do cellphones help us do this? Or do they act as a distraction to study and waste our precious time? WEBSITE
http://www.mobiledia.com/news/91401.html

Austrian researchers have shown that cell phone radiation can affect the biological system of rats. They think that this should make us worried about the effect phones have on human health. Scientists at Vienna University discovered that a) mobile phone (GSM) signals damaged the DNA of some ovarium cells in insects, b) a brief "mild electromagnetic field" changes the formation of bone in fetuses, and that c) cell phone-frequency radiation makes it easier for the the blood-brain barrier to be weakened in male rats. Professor Wilhelm Mosgeller at Vienna University said: This research

should provide a warning signal for all us." Nobody has definite proof that cellphones are bad for us, but research is showing that they have biologically damaged insects and animals. Cancer can take a long time to manifest, and as people use phones much more intensively now than a decade ago,, there might be a danger for humans ******************************************************************

QUESTIONS
1. What effects of cellphone radiation have been shown in rats? 2. What 3 changes in animals did Austrian researchers find from mobile phone signals?

Almost one fifth (20%) of UK youngsters cyberbullied

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WEBSITE THE GUARDIAN (uk):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/aug/01/cyber-bullying-victims

Nearly 20% of UK youngsters have been the victim of cyberbullying, with girls affected more than boys. Cyberbullied students says that the

experience of cyberbullying has a) damaged their confidence, b) their mental health and c) their school attendance. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University did research by questioning 500 young people between 11 and 19. All had been cyberbullied through internet or mobile. More girls (22%) than boys (13.5%) were bullied, but 66% said they had seen cyber-bullying or known someone who has been a victim. QUESTIONS 1. What % of UK youngsters were cyberbullied? 2. How did this affect them? 3. Is there proof that mobile phones do biological

Ugg boots BANNED at school after students caught hiding cell phones in the fuzzy footwear
WEBSITE: DAILY MAIL
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093015/Ugg-boots-banned-school -students-caught-hiding-cell-phones-fuzzy-footwear.html#ixzz1sJveSxKJ

Students at a Pennsylvania school have been told to leave their Ugg boots at home after they caught one too many students hiding cell phones in them. Teachers at Pottsdam Middle School made the controversial decision because students were secretly using their cell phones during class to text and post messages on Facebook. Parents werent happy about the school telling them what footwear their children could and could not wear. 'When the schools started paying to raise and clothe my children then maybe... maybe they can tell me about my childs wardrobe,' Julie Miller posted on Facebook Most parents thought it was stupid that the school was banning Ogg Boots to solve the problem of sneaking cell phones in class 'Just take them (cell phones) when they have them in class, give them a detention and be done with it,' said parent Jeni Walker QUESTIONS 1. Why has one school banned students from wearing Ogg Boots? 2. Are parents happy about the schools decision? 3. Do you think the school should have banned students from wearing them?

Schools head hails 'magic' of learning via smartphone

WEBSITE: THE INDEPENDENT (UK) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news /schools-head-hails-magic-of-learning-via-smartphone-628218 6.html

Traditional textbooks will disappear in the age of electronic devices, says President of UK Girls Schools
Louise Robinson, President of the UK Girls Schools has said that soon, students will access texts through smartphones and e-readers. Textbooks will be on your mobile, whatever shape, name or type of fruit your mobile relates to... anywhere, anytime, anyplace it's a huge possibility," she said. Pupils could learn more from the "magic" of using smartphones and tablets than from simply reading a book, she argued. They can also gain access information in advance of lessons. "If you say: 'The next lesson is going to be on the skeleton', what you can see online now in terms of the skeleton and where you can go with it makes children have far more control over their learning that they ever could do before. One click and you're into another world," she added. 1. What does the President of the UK Girls Schools say will happen to paper textbooks? 2. How can students benefit from learning on Smartphones? 3. How can they prepare for classes through looking online?

Data Questions
DATA 1 What effects of cellphone radiation have been shown in rats? What 3 changes in animals did Austrian researchers find from mobile phone signals? DATA 2 What % of UK youngsters were cyber bullied? How did this affect them? DATA 3 Why has one school banned students from wearing Ogg Boots? Are parents happy about the schools decision? DATA 4 What does the President of the UK Girls Schools say will happen to paper textbooks? How can students benefit from learning on Smartphones?