The Pros And Cons Of E-Readers

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Edwardsville High School is the premier high school in the state of Illinois. High school is a stepping stone of life. It is where you learn who you are and you start figuring out what you want to do with your life. What you want to do with you life translates into what career do you want to have. In most professional settings, e-readers are the one of the most prevalent form of communication and organization. Not only that, but they are easy to transport around from place to place. With that being said, the premier high school in the state of Illinois needs to switch from using textbooks to using a type of e-reader.
It is commonly know that e-readers are expensive. Poorer districts would not be able to afford it and therefor would cause a bigger separation in the learning from school to school. Not only are the e-readers themselves expensive but also the software that would be required for them to work. The books would have to be purchased on the e-readers as well as installing WIFI and training the staff …show more content…

The amount of handouts that teachers give would be lowered drastically (ProCon.org). This is good for the environment and helps the school save money on paper. Students have access thousands of resources right at their fingertips. It is even said that using e-readers makes learning fun. Some would say that e-readers are inconvenient but the fact of the matter is, they are so much more convenient than textbooks.
Being that Edwardsville is the premier high school in the state of Illinois they need to switch from using textbooks to using a type of e-reader. They are way more convenient than carrying a textbook around. They teach responsibility to the high school students that the school is getting ready to send out to the real world on their own. Over all, they make learning more fun. It is time that Edwardsville moves onto the next generation of technology so it can truly be a stepping stone of

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