Kari Roberts
Should children in school receive tablets in place of textbooks? Tablets have been the growing debate of school education for many districts. Some schools have already started trying the tablets to see if it increases the children’s education. Some have found that the tablets were a distraction and others found that it improved their education dramatically. Teachers, parents, schoolboards, and students continue to debate the use of tablets in schools.
Some teachers think the use of tablets in school are a splendid idea because they can engage a child. They also can have access to many more online textbooks and resources then in one book. Seventy seven percent of teachers found that using technology made the students more excited to learn. By using technology that they might not have access to at home means they can feel excited to come to school. As a result, students who use technology more often tend to feel more comfortable because they are familiar with the technological advancements. Furthermore, tablets can hold thousands of programs, textbooks, online sites, and books to help the students learn. For instance, 1,000 books only takes up one gigabyte on a tablet. Tablets can get new information and update on online programs, however textbooks and other printed materials cannot and schools will not be able to pay for new materials every time a new addition comes out. The government pays around eight to seven billion dollars every year for new school textbooks, when we could be spending little to no cost with online sites. Julius Genachowski, JD, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said, "'And I envision a society spending less on textbooks, but getting more out of them. We all win if the players in the digital learning ecosystem – including publishers, device manufacturers, platform providers, internet service providers, schools – work together to accelerate the adoption of digital textbooks.'" Replacing textbook with tablets will not just help the students education but will also help the environment.
Along with all the accessible information on the tablets, they help in ways that protect the environment, the students and the textbooks. Tablets protect the environment because they are not printed and save many trees from being cut down for the use of paper. The students are being protected by the use of tablets because they only need to carry the tablet instead of a heavy textbook saving them from back injuries. Penetrations recommend students only carry 15 percent of their body weight in a backpack, in the years 2011-12 more then 13,700 kids were consulted with back injuries. As well as saving the environment and the students tablets also save the textbooks. Textbooks are often replaced because of highlighting, drawings and text tagging, the tablets allow students to highlight, and right notes freely without ruining the materials. Tablets maybe the answer for protecting the future.
Should children in school receive tablets in place of textbooks? Tablets have been the growing debate of school education for many districts. Some schools have already started trying the tablets to see if it increases the children’s education. Some have found that the tablets were a distraction and others found that it improved their education dramatically. Teachers, parents, schoolboards, and students continue to debate the use of tablets in schools.
Some teachers think the use of tablets in school are a splendid idea because they can engage a child. They also can have access to many more online textbooks and resources then in one book. Seventy seven percent of teachers found that using technology made the students more excited to learn. By using technology that they might not have access to at home means they can feel excited to come to school. As a result, students who use technology more often tend to feel more comfortable because they are familiar with the technological advancements. Furthermore, tablets can hold thousands of programs, textbooks, online sites, and books to help the students learn. For instance, 1,000 books only takes up one gigabyte on a tablet. Tablets can get new information and update on online programs, however textbooks and other printed materials cannot and schools will not be able to pay for new materials every time a new addition comes out. The government pays around eight to seven billion dollars every year for new school textbooks, when we could be spending little to no cost with online sites. Julius Genachowski, JD, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said, "'And I envision a society spending less on textbooks, but getting more out of them. We all win if the players in the digital learning ecosystem – including publishers, device manufacturers, platform providers, internet service providers, schools – work together to accelerate the adoption of digital textbooks.'" Replacing textbook with tablets will not just help the students education but will also help the environment.
Along with all the accessible information on the tablets, they help in ways that protect the environment, the students and the textbooks. Tablets protect the environment because they are not printed and save many trees from being cut down for the use of paper. The students are being protected by the use of tablets because they only need to carry the tablet instead of a heavy textbook saving them from back injuries. Penetrations recommend students only carry 15 percent of their body weight in a backpack, in the years 2011-12 more then 13,700 kids were consulted with back injuries. As well as saving the environment and the students tablets also save the textbooks. Textbooks are often replaced because of highlighting, drawings and text tagging, the tablets allow students to highlight, and right notes freely without ruining the materials. Tablets maybe the answer for protecting the future.