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Darden, Edwin C. "Trouble on the Line." //American School Board Journal Vol. 193, No. 01 //. Jan. 2007: 36-37. //SIRS Researcher. // Web. 09 Mar 2011. Increasingly, public schools are dealing with the potential hazards of students with cell phones. Some districts are prohibiting them altogether. For example, an outright ban in New York City has prompted a lawsuit by parents, who are concerned about staying in touch with their kids incase of disaster. Other school systems say students can carry cell phones but must keep them turned off. Still others are simply looking the other way.

Reasons to not allow (what are the counters to these points): Some problems that could occur include: having incompatibilities with old or even new technology, if other people with mixed languages were being taught by foreign teachers they wouldn't be able to understand it, and the poor would go without education so, they would't be able to expand their horizons in the knowledge category.

Schmidt, Eric, and Jared Cohen. "The Digital Disruption: Connectivity and the Diffusion of Power." //Foreign Affairs //. Nov/Dec 2010: 75-85. //SIRS Researcher. // Web. 09 Mar 2011.

Communication between people orally will decrease and everything might turn into an **expensive** addiction of non-stop texting. Also, if kids just sit around and text all day they will increasingly become obese. People will lose their personality in communication. The cost of "being digital" is quickly increasing. When the e-rate started it was 3 percent and now it's over 50 percent now!

The "2010 Kids and Family Reading Report" survey revealed that with increased use of technology these activities declined: Reading books 41% Doing physical activities 40% Engaging with family 33%