{"id":297427,"date":"2017-12-22T04:20:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T04:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.smartdesks.com\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2021-07-09T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:34:54","slug":"survey-students-want-smartphones-in-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartdesks.com\/knowledge-center\/survey-students-want-smartphones-in-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Pretty Much Every Student Wants to Use Smartphones in Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1495\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1495 aligncenter\" title=\"Student taking picture with smartphone in classroom\" src=\"\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/student-holding-smartphone-in-class-webop.jpg\" alt=\"Student with smartphone in class\" width=\"500\" height=\"572\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phoning it in? Not really.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A recent study is unlikely to surprise college professors: 94% of college students want to use their mobile phones in class for academic purposes. The survey found that a substantial number of students (58%) use their phones to take pictures of lecture slides, and similarly high percentages of students also use their phones to search for information on Google or access a digital textbook during lectures.<br \/>\nStudents also indicated their willingness to use the phones more often for a range of classroom activities, including checking into class, answering in-class polls, and accessing lecture slides. (For some mobile classroom polling alternatives, check out <a href=\"\/blog\/2017\/11\/09\/smartphone-apps-for-classroom-polling\/\">this blog post from November<\/a>.)<br \/>\nHowever, the risks of mobile phones being nothing more than a distraction are obvious. Half of students admitted to using phones to text friends or check social media during class.<br \/>\nSmartphones aren\u2019t going away, of course, so administrators and professors need to think about ways to leverage the opportunity while minimizing the potential for distraction. Having the right kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartdesks.com\/tables-desks\/collaboration-furniture.html\">active learning furniture<\/a> may also help.<br \/>\n(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/campustechnology.com\/articles\/2017\/12\/12\/students-want-to-use-their-cell-phones-in-class.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campus Technology<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study is unlikely to surprise college professors: 94% of college students want to use their mobile phones in class for academic purposes. 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