"Some people argue that using cell-phones in the classroom could be beneficial. Others totally disagree"

In modern times, the cellphones are often used more than any other device. The modern smartphones are present in every place where people go, because they are used as individual devices: in houses, offices and even in the school. As a result, some people disagree with the use of cellphones for children in classrooms. This essay will see the two points of view related to this topic: the people that agree with to the presence of cellphones in spaces of study, and the people who disagree with this practice.

Using cellphones in classrooms can have many advantages. Firstly, usually the smartphones can give you access to internet, and bring many applications to use. This issue can be used as a methodological tool. The teachers can integrate many options to use in class, as use applications that allow interact with all the students. This can help to the teacher to incorporate the same knowledge in a way more interactive way, and discover new abilities of their students.

As opposed to the above mentioned, if the cellphones are allowed to use in class, but without a methodological purpose, this can bring disadvantages. Having the knowledge of a disproportionate use of the smartphones in the context of education can produce a fatigue in relation to focus and mental concentration. This issue begins with multiple stimuli that give the access to many applications at the time. If in the educational spaces no controls this problem, the students can be affected by the deterioration of the mental concentration, and the stress that can cause it.

In conclusion, using cellphones in classrooms can bring benefits if this is used as a methodological tool, as interactive work with the students. They can learn with others methodologies and this can explore to their abilities. On the other hand, if the cellphones are used in a purpose of entertainment, this can affect the efficiency and productivity of the entire class. However, the technology always can be used taking advantage to learning something new.

Public spent on Book

Introduction: The following report will show the public spending with respect to books in four countries: Germany, France, Italy and Austria in one decade, since 1995 until 2005. The dimension of the money spent in books will be considerate in millions of US dollars.

Data description: With respect to the data, the line graph shows the sequence of the public spending of the four countries. First of all, Germany highlights in the economic resources designated to buy books. It initiated in 1995 with $80 million dollars increasing to $90 millions of dollars in 1999. Then, there is a gradual decreasing to 2003 with the amount of $85 millions of dollars. Finally, there is a final peak in 2005 increasing it reaching the amount of $95 millions of dollars.

In second place, France has initiated in 1995 with the amount of $55 millions of dollars, rising to $60 million in 1999. Later, it increased nearby $10 million dollars in two years. Then, there was a little increasing coming to $75 million in 2005.

In third place, Italy had an amount of $50 million dollars in 1995, growing up a little coming to $55 million in two years. Then, there was a little drop in the public spending in 1999 going back in $50 million. Finally, there was a gradual recovery until 2005, coming to almost $60 million.

The last country is Austria, which in 1995 had the amount of $30 million, going up to $40 million in 1999. Here, was a stabilized spend between 1999 and 2001. Then, there was a dramatically rising coming to $60 million in 2003, and finally it jumps into $70 million in 2005.

Conclusion: Normally, all the countries have grown up with respect in the public spending in 10 years.

Chile and the TV as a distraction.

During many years, the significance of television has become more important according as family recreation. The function of the TV has been transformed, resulting in some other roles as cultural topics and, the most important thing that is relevant to this essay, to distract the people. Why people have more knowledge about people within entertainment world than the current state of their country or the world? However, in my opinion, I agree about knowing your social/cultural environment through the entertainment world, but unfortunately, the more important occurrences that does changes in the structure of the world does not related to famous people of the entertainment world.

In consequence, apparently the media has using it to move the attention of the people into other issues, even conceal or manipulate information. In “Mass media and national development: the role of information in the developing countries” by Wilbur Schramm, he analyses the role of the media information and how it changes: “(…) in some cases at least, it tends to ignore important events and to distort the reality it presents." (Scharmm,W. 1964; p19). As he noticed, the big problem is that the main role of the media has changed, (that is communicate at all the population), becoming now to misinform people.

Therefore, can we release the information to the world? How it changes the society? Is that related to as a globalization problem, or is an ancient strategy?

Biodata

Valentina Obreque is an undergraduate student of anthropology in the Universidad de Chile. She is interested in the study of the cultures in all the expertise fields, especially from the archaeology, in which she would like investigate topics related with burial phenomena and symbolism or ideology.

She has been a student of this university since last year, for this reason she do not have academic experiences about the career. Although, she would like to work as voluntary in the Museo de Historia Natural to have some experience in the field that she is studying. Also, she would like to help some students with their thesis, because she wants to learn about advanced topics in the professional field.

She has investigated different issues, first of all, she has written an article about the influence of Polynesia in South America, specifically in the Mapuche area. Plus, she has written about the perception of the Jesuitas about the native people in south of Chile, in the colonization process. Adding to this academic information, she enjoy to work making investigations, do it with partners.

Currently in this semester, she and other classmates will write a research the medicinal use of specific plants in Chiloe’s Island.

SEMESTER 2 - 2018 INTERMEDIATE A

App

The app that I use every day is Facebook. I know it’s an app very popular around the world, but is the most that I like it. I have been using Facebook since 2011, when I started the teenage and I needed found new friends, so one of my classmates recommended this social network. I like Facebook for many reasons, one of them is the “memes” that the pages upload (are son funny haha), and the communication is so fast. You can debate with others or move masses of people just publishing a sentence. Although also has cons, since the speed of the information, and who is giving it. For this reason, some pages can control the information, and so control the people that do not search for their media.

By the way, it can be an unsafe place for the kids that use it (and they shouldn’t). It’s a very open place that may guard many bad people; you cannot know who the person is through the screen. You must be very cautious with that.

Despite of all, I still continue having a great time seeing the photos of my friends, and l laughing with the memes. I would recommend because you can find again the persons you left behind in your past or for the opposite make new friends.

Practice

In the listening exercises I have medium results; in each exercise I failed in one question at least, only in one exercise I have all the results well. About the reading exercises that are three tests, in two of them I have all very well, but in the last one, in the matching exercise it was more harder than the others tests. It was more difficult to me understand de differences in the choices.