In a study by the Pew Research Center, cell phone owners aged 18 to 24 exchange an average of 109.5 messages per day (Watter, 2011). Besides texting during classes, there are many problems that technology can cause in classrooms. This can serve as a distraction for students during lessons. This is also a way for students to cheat. Students can send each other text messages with test answers during the exam without the teacher even noticing. These are some of the main concerns teachers and parents have about the presence of technology in schools. All of this brings us to a major question: should technology be used in the classroom? If you walked into a high school classroom in your area, what would you expect? The student takes complete notes, while the teacher uses a computer to project a well-written, easy-to-understand lesson onto the screen? Or is the student texting without having any idea what the teacher is saying? I hope students take notes and don't distract themselves with anything else. But reality is what it is. So the question is: if we use technology to teach students, how can we prevent it from becoming a distraction in the classroom? It's unfortunate that technology is seen as such a negative thing by so many people today. In reality, there are so many aspects that are so amazing. For example, we can instantly upload assignments to the web, send our homework to teachers, search for more information on the Internet than we ever could in a school library, and teachers are able to give better overall output during their classes. Five benefits of technology in higher education are new methods of teaching and organizing materials, deregulation of transfer...... middle of paper ......this too? I believe that teaching with the electronic resources we have today would be the most effective and resourceful way we could offer students. Works Cited Benson, Phil and Allyson Blair. “Teenage 'friend' of ASU student teacher led to sexual act. CBS 5 News (2013): 1. Heath, Alex. “How much did you spend on iPhone apps?” » idownloadblog.com (2011). “iPad Initiative at High School Gov. Livingston. » The alternative press (2013). Protalinski, Emil. “Missouri bans students and teachers from being friends on Facebook.” ZD Net (nd). Shay, Ronen. “5 pros and 5 cons of technology in higher education.” successteaching.wordpress.com (2013). “Technology in Education”. Education Week (2011). Watter, Audrey. “Texting in class: not just a distraction. » edutopia.org (2011). Wees, David. “Use of paper in schools”. The reflective educator (2009).