Using Smartphones at class? Why not?! by Balqist Hamada Submitted for Final exam UIN MALANG The innovation in technology always emerges every year, especially in communication sector. One example of the innovation in the field of communication is smartphone. A smartphone is an integrated device with mobile telephone technology and the ability to access the internet (Song). In this century, Smartphones become something mandatory for everyone. They assume that there are so many things that can be done only by a smartphone, such as communicating, counting, searching information and so on (Timbowo, 2016). The users of the smartphonesi itself are varies, for instance, office employees, teachers, students, and etc. However, a research conducted by Kibona and Rugina (2013) showed that the majority of the smartphones’ users are students and the number of it always goes up every year. Different from the past, recently the pupils use their smartphones openly and discreetly as...