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Impact of Mobile Phone in Students Life: In the 21st century everything is in the palm of our hands, technology has reached its peak and it’s still developing to a new every day. The main examples of technology are mobile phones, television sets, computers, electric cars. The smallest piece of technology can cause a big change in our daily life.
The mobile phone as we said in the examples is one of the fastest-growing technology in the last few decades, it started as a device to just dial and receive calls.
But two decades later many manufactures have built mobile devices which not only allows you to dial and receive a call but also to listen to music, click pictures, check your health status, etc. And as mobile phones have become more affordable, everyone in today’s world carries one or two phones on time.
It is a must for students who are studying in schools or colleges to have mobile phones nowadays because of the new world pandemic, as their academic curricula are to be started or continued online, not everyone can afford a laptop or a computer, so a mobile being a cheaper alternative takes the space for the computer in the online lecture.
Students have an upper hand when they have the convenience of the mobile device, not just for the online lectures they can also use it for entertainment purposes like movies, games, social media, etc.
Due to the increase in the number of mobile phone users in the younger generation, companies have started to develop their mobile version in the form of an application that is more user-friendly and lets people stick to the app longer increasing the media used for the students.
Mobile phones are both a curse and a boon to the newer generation as a lot of these phones when being used for education and entertainment purposes, also influences a lot of ill habits in the younger generation like watching pornography, blackmailing others for their good, increase in cybercrime, etc.
Mobile phones can play an amazingly good role in the hands of the younger generation with help of growing social influence and the new ideas that occur daily in the minds of the younger people, the mobile phone can be a good device to start a new business online.
Moreover, as it is easy to get access to the mobile phone for the students it has caused an exponential growth for the eLearning companies. With sites like LinkedIn people can connect who have a similar business or who are looking for jobs to start their way into the career path.
Young students who are looking to get an education, for the mobile phone is really helpful as the online lectures which are conducted by the schools, the colleges, and the coaching classes can be easily attended on the mobile phone.
The mobile phone has made learning easy for the masses as it fits in your hands and you can attend the lectures where ever you are. The mobile has even made it possible for the working people to pursue their academics if due to some reason it was left incomplete.
A student can be anyone right from a child who starts to learn from day one of school to the working professional who is ready to invest his time and money to continue to pursue his incomplete education.
The use of the mobile phone for education in a student’s life was important even before this pandemic world. Students use their mobile phones to carry digital notes instead of taking xerox. It's easier when they want to take a survey.
And most importantly mobile phones are very convenient when it comes to research for a project when you don’t have a laptop or computer handy. Now with the entire transition from offline teaching to eLearning due to the pandemic, it is safe to say that some of the trends which were set by the eLearning platform will stay even in the post-pandemic world. Trends like using Google form for online tests, use of digital notes, and pre-recorded lectures for revision.
Today, the source for knowledge has diversified and one of the ready sources is the internet. Having a mobile phone on their person all the time can help students check out things in a more fun way which will help them learn it fast.
If there is any doubt in the mind of a student about something that the teacher was teaching the student can clear their doubts immediately. There are so many applications in the App Store for students which means the student can get help from an app for a subject which he/she lacks in some areas.