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followed closely by students us<strong>in</strong>g mobile phones to “take pictures or record video to use <strong>in</strong> class<br />
assignments” (38%).<br />
<strong>How</strong> students are us<strong>in</strong>g their cell phones <strong>in</strong> the learn<strong>in</strong>g process<br />
Percent of teachers who say their students use their phones to do each of the follow<strong>in</strong>g…<br />
Look<strong>in</strong>g up <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion IN CLASS<br />
Tak<strong>in</strong>g pictures or recrod<strong>in</strong>g video for a school<br />
assignment<br />
Upload<strong>in</strong>g school-rel<strong>at</strong>ed content to the <strong>in</strong>ternet<br />
Text<strong>in</strong>g IN CLASS with you or other students as<br />
part of an assignment<br />
Ua<strong>in</strong>g an onl<strong>in</strong>e cell phone pl<strong>at</strong>form such as<br />
CELLY<br />
Source: Teacher d<strong>at</strong>a from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project Onl<strong>in</strong>e Survey of <strong>Teachers</strong>,<br />
March 7 to April 23, 2012, n=2,462 middle <strong>and</strong> high school teachers.<br />
The impact of cell phones is be<strong>in</strong>g felt less by teachers <strong>in</strong> rural areas than those teach<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> urban or<br />
suburban schools. Just 28% of teachers <strong>in</strong> rural schools report students us<strong>in</strong>g phones to look up<br />
<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>in</strong> class, <strong>and</strong> fully 64% say students are not permitted to have cell phones <strong>in</strong> class. In<br />
contrast, 47% of AP <strong>and</strong> NWP teachers <strong>in</strong> urban schools say their students use cell phones to look up<br />
<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>in</strong> class, <strong>and</strong> just 46% say students cannot have cell phones <strong>in</strong> class. Likewise, among<br />
suburban teachers, 46% report students us<strong>in</strong>g cell phones to look th<strong>in</strong>gs up <strong>in</strong> class <strong>and</strong> 45% report<br />
students not be<strong>in</strong>g permitted to have their phones <strong>in</strong> class.<br />
In terms of students’ socioeconomic st<strong>at</strong>us, teachers of upper <strong>and</strong> upper middle class students are the<br />
most likely to say their students use cell phones <strong>in</strong> class to f<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion. About half (52%) of these<br />
teachers report their students us<strong>in</strong>g cell phones this way, compared with just 35% of teachers of the<br />
lowest <strong>in</strong>come students.<br />
The grade level <strong>and</strong> subject m<strong>at</strong>ter taught also impact how phones are used <strong>in</strong> class. Among 6 th -8 th<br />
grade teachers, just 23% say students are us<strong>in</strong>g phones <strong>in</strong> class to look th<strong>in</strong>gs up, compared with 43% of<br />
9 th -10 th grade teachers <strong>and</strong> 49% of those teach<strong>in</strong>g 11 th -12 th grade. Likewise, while 49% of history/social<br />
studies teachers <strong>and</strong> 45% of English teachers see students use their phones this way <strong>in</strong> class, the same is<br />
true of just 24% of m<strong>at</strong>h teachers <strong>and</strong> 36% of science teachers.<br />
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11%<br />
18%<br />
42%<br />
38%<br />
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