Invasion Of The Classroom Cell Phones By Marilyn Gilroy
Cell Phones Becoming Problematic in School The scholarly article, Invasion of the Classroom Cell Phones, written by Marilyn Gilroy, discusses the controversial issue on the debate between the affects of cell phones and education. Marilyn Gilroy was a communication professor at the Bergen Community College for 18 years, and since 1992 has written multiple publications for the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education. In Invasion of the Classroom Cell Phone Gilroy talks about the growing problem cell phones are causing for students, parents, administrators, and schools everywhere, and notes the inevitability of these handhelds in today’s society. This article emphasizes the many negative impacts cell phones possess in a learning environment,
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By presenting her ideas Gilroy’s end outcome is only to achieve a better education system, educate individuals on the problem at hand, and encourage students to stay off the distracting devices in order to increase their own learning and the learning for students …show more content…
The entire article’s focus was on students in higher education, Gilroy did not express that this issue is for all ages everywhere and has become an increasingly big problem over time. Gilroy makes it clear that she sees no benefit to the wildly popular devices in a learning environment. While an individual reading this could very well share Gilroy’s views or strongly oppose her side, Gilroy was able to expresses her concerns and others concerns in a way that one reading can understand and relate. The writer’s purpose is understood through multiple accounts and is concluded with a solution,
“Realistically, however, colleges will have to develop codes of conduct that are less stringent. While there may be no consensus with regard to the matter of policy, there is general agreement that the marriage of the college students and cell phone technology is here to stay for both social and practical reasons” (Gilroy 29).
Although the article dated back thirteen years, Invasion of the Classroom Cell Phones was an excellent source for the dangers of cell phones and education, with insight on the problem, educating a reader if not aware of the problem, providing examples of the problem, and summing it up with a potential solution to the problem this article is a valuable
By presenting her ideas Gilroy’s end outcome is only to achieve a better education system, educate individuals on the problem at hand, and encourage students to stay off the distracting devices in order to increase their own learning and the learning for students …show more content…
The entire article’s focus was on students in higher education, Gilroy did not express that this issue is for all ages everywhere and has become an increasingly big problem over time. Gilroy makes it clear that she sees no benefit to the wildly popular devices in a learning environment. While an individual reading this could very well share Gilroy’s views or strongly oppose her side, Gilroy was able to expresses her concerns and others concerns in a way that one reading can understand and relate. The writer’s purpose is understood through multiple accounts and is concluded with a solution,
“Realistically, however, colleges will have to develop codes of conduct that are less stringent. While there may be no consensus with regard to the matter of policy, there is general agreement that the marriage of the college students and cell phone technology is here to stay for both social and practical reasons” (Gilroy 29).
Although the article dated back thirteen years, Invasion of the Classroom Cell Phones was an excellent source for the dangers of cell phones and education, with insight on the problem, educating a reader if not aware of the problem, providing examples of the problem, and summing it up with a potential solution to the problem this article is a valuable