If you asked some high school students, “Have you ever checked a sports score or checked your Twitter feed in class on your phone or computer?” » What do you think their response would be? The answer from most, if not all, students would be “yes.” The use of technology has increased dramatically in recent years, and this dramatic increase is having its effects on classrooms. With textbooks, homework, and online courses, it’s inevitable that this will have an effect. Technology is evolving at a rapid pace and is quickly being integrated into high school classrooms in many forms, such as online textbooks, homework assignments, and lectures. Due to this rapid integration of technology, high school students have less concentration in class, have less motivation and patience, and this has changed the role of teachers and students, in addition to having negative effects on students’ writing and spelling skills. Technology use among teens and college students is increasing. Students have technology at their disposal ranging from cell phones to laptops to iPads. First of all, more and more students own a cell phone. In 2004, an average of 53.5% of high school students owned a cell phone (Jon, 2009). By 2013, this number reached 78% of students (Madden, Lenhart, Duggan, Cortesi, and Gasser, 2013). Today, 47% of these students own a smartphone, an increase of 23% compared to 2011 (Madden et al., 2013). The Internet and computers are also booming. 74% of adolescents have access to the Internet (Madden et al., 2013). 93% have access to a computer and “one in four adolescents (23%) owns a tablet, a level comparable to the general adult population” (Madden et al., 2013). This increased accessibility of technology to students has led to changes in the classroom......amidst paper cell phones.......SOC. Retrieved from http://soc101.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/teen-cell-phone-use/ Madden M., Lenhart A., Duggan M., Cortesi S. and Gasser U. (March 13, 2009) . 2013). Teens andTechnology 2013. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/files/old-media/Files/Reports/2013/PIP_TeensandTechnology2013.pdf Mills, M. & Gandy, M. (February 4, 2013). Educators are embracing digital resources to power learning. PBS. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archive/2013/teacher-tech-survey/ Office of Education Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. (2005). Effects of technology on classrooms and students. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/effectsstudents.html Wylie, J. (2013). Mobile learning technologies for 21st century classrooms. School teachers. Retrieved from http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3754742