After many years of just being a cool gadget in movies, watches on which you can talk to people are now a reality, called smart watches. These devices, in their present stage, are linked to cellphones via Bluetooth technology, and expand on the cellphone by allowing the user to text, call, watch videos, browse the internet, and even post on twitter, all on this watch. With that, of course, is the ability to simply check the time.

The two major smart watches, costing around $300, are available now are the Samsung Galaxy Gear and the Sony Smart Watch 2. Samsung has started to advertise their product by showing the hi-tech watches that have appeared in all films and TV Shows from the Jetsons to the Power Rangers. Along with these two watches, major manufacturers such as Apple, Microsoft, Google and LG have listed Smart Watches as a product on their horizon.

Of course, with all the potential advantages this product has (such as being an instant resource of information, and being able to instantly stay in contact with friends & family), it opens up some problems, especially here at school.

“I think they would be used more frequently in school without permission,” Ms. Nolan, the head of Student Services at Osceola, commented. When cellphones are confiscated from students and sent to the front office, they end up with her. Adding on to that, she said that smart watches were “more easily accessible than having a laptop,” and so would be used more.

Ms. Nolan did, however, think that smart watches have some use: “I think it would be good for people like the Secret Service, but as far as students, I don’t see it being useful.”