Schools using tablets instead of books
- Erik
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Re: Schools using tablets instead of books
But for situations where the content is very important for retention, I'd sooner have a book. For some reason, I just don't retain what I read on screen the same way as I do when I read it in a book.
Plus, especially for young kids... tablets are costly, and kids are often clumsy, heedless, or irresponsible with items given them by their school (doubly so if the child dislikes school). While it may cost only £10 to replace a commonly used book from the reading list, or £20-50 to replace a primary school textbook, to replace a broken tablet is usually over £150, often far more.
Texts can be used over and over again for years, even decades (I remember some of the books I was using as a kid were published/printed 20 or more years before I got my hands on them), but a tablet only has a relatively short span of useful life before it no longer has the memory or processor speed to run recent programs. It also costs a lot more to repair a tablet than it does a book... clear sellotape is cheap, a brand new screen to replace a cracked one is costly!
And the argument that books are too heavy for kids to drag around really holds zero credit with me. If today's kids are so unfit that they can't carry a backpack full of texts, than they need to skip some screen time and go outside and exercise! Kids always managed carrying texts to and from school before now.. I had between 5 and 7 most of the time, and I was born with back problems. I find it tough to believe that non-disabled kids are now so physically debilitated that they can't do something a disabled kid found easy enough to do 40 years ago. Just because something causes mild effort or discomfort does not mean it is bad. We should not be trying to shelter kids from everything remotely difficult.
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Yes indeed. Books are cheaper than a tablet. But imagine how many books you need to buy. And how many trees were cut down just to make those books? I am sure the lack of those trees is causing havoc on our weather, like floods and El Nino phenomenon. And how heavy those textbooks are? Just imagine lugging around a large heavy bag? Many postural problems were caused by these heavy school bags. In the end it would be far cheaper and more convenient to use tablets for school than it is to buy the books.
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why not just stick to books, be educated like normal students must be.
and admit it, its unfair.
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This is my opinion anyway.
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