Schools using tablets instead of books
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Re: Schools using tablets instead of books
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Tablets are more fragile than texts, however a protective case can improve durability. Since digital data can be accessed by one user one multiple devices such as a computer or home tablet, school tablets do not have to be sent home with students.
Children are easily destracted. A tablet will not increase or decrease a child's participation. If a student is prone to wandering mind, then the only difference is solitaire vs. doodles or art work on paper.
Children with learning disabilities are already incorporating these devices into their IEP's.
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My school gives all of their students' laptops within the first two weeks of coming on campus for your first year. I'm not going to lie, our computers with the rest of our supplies can be heavy, not as heavy as multiple textbooks, but heavy. This, however, can change depending on what amount of school supplies and additional things you carry around with you. We have an online learning domain/hub page where nearly all of our homework gets posted for us to see, no matter where we are. There are problems with getting a loaner laptop if yours breaks, but the school does have replacement ones while yours is getting fixed. At the most, we're without a laptop for a day or two. Because my school uses laptops, some of my peers use their own on the school's public wifi.
Now of course everyone at my school is responsible and it's a small campus so everyone knows everyone. (O.T. Which is amazing considering we're the 6th largest city in the US). The thing is, even with responsible students - kids who can be mischievous, the school restricts our access to the internet. These are sites that have been found to be un-educational (Tumblr), distracting (Pinterest, any game website), etc. It is blocked from being access on the school's wifi.
Being a technologically advanced school is the school of the future and this might start at a young age (Middle School for full classroom use, introduction but optional for Elementary). There is still a choice. Yes, your kid needs to use this device at school, but you as their parent if they have a project/research paper could always take them to the library.
Now let's think about the types of services that schools and parents have available to them. Amazon has a really interesting product called Kindle Freetime. It can be set to require a specific amount of reading time before anything else unlocks, and it works with all of their tablet products. Could schools take this example, and literally teach kids to read by locking their tablets to homework only before they could get to the games on their tablets? This couldn't just be on the schools, parents would have to be involved as well in they could only use that tablet or download the same application on their computers that the kid would be able to access only because of password protection on everything else.
I'm going to link a couple of things that might be an interesting read for some people. I, myself, spend a lot of time online and looking at screens and have had no adverse effect on my vision. My father, for a living, looks at computer screens all day and has perfect vision. Many studies that I've read have concluded that newer screens don't damage your eyesight. They can cause tension headaches, dry eyes, and eye strain, but these can easily be remedied. Doing a quick google search I was able to find articles referencing the study, but I am unable to post links to the articles that I am looking at. However, there is a New York Times article, Live Science article, and an article from an Optometric Organization.
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Strangely enough, however, she is not allowed to bring her own Nook to school to use during free time to read. She has several study halls a week and is only allowed to bring paper books. Normally this does not pose a problem, as she read many regular books but she had one book in particular we could not find anywhere except her Nook and she could not read it during school hours. I found that a bit puzzling.