Monitoring cheating in classrooms has become much harder for teachers today. Most cell phones have standard features of video recording, voice recording, camera, text-messaging, email, calculator, games, and Internet access. A student using their cell phone as a calculator for a math test can easily use these other functions without the teacher noticing. In a classroom of 20 students or more it is easy for a student to use a device that is usually smaller than their hand to cheat. School officials initially reacted by banning such technical devices like cell phones in the classroom. “Mobile phones continue to be regarded as a nuisance in the classroom, evidenced by the research discussed a study by the National Education Association showing that 85% of a sample of higher education instructors in the U.S. agreed that professors should ban mobile phones from being used in university classrooms (Gilroy, 2004).” Many schools have not reinforced banning laws regarding technical......
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