Monday, August 24, 2009

IT Triangle Approach: It's My Turn!

Technology:
* Cellphones

Section 1: Social and Ethical Issues
* Control: School administrators don't allow students to have their phones turned on during school hours, but they don't have control over what the students do.

Section 2: IT Systems in a Social Context
* Communication Systems: Students use their cell phones to call their parents or just to have it around with them in case of emergencies. Some do, some don't. Who knows? Maybe one student is using it to text/call and get answers for one of his/her tests.

Section 3: Area of Impact
* Education: It can distract students when they are supposed to be concentrating on doing their homework (even at home). If the phone rings in class, other students (even the teacher) can lose their train of thought, get distracted in class, or even annoyed. But it can also be helpful because if a student needs to search something up on the internet and there's no internet access they can easily use their phone for it (if it has internet on it).

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