As our generation continues to progress, technology also takes its course with us. Current day technology can provide an excellent aid for scholars attending school or even big named companies and businesses. On an average, most schools in America use textbooks to teach their students. This may be the default way for decades, but that should be changed soon as technological advances are coming in tact. Although it may just be a small handheld device, it can pack a punch for its size and can out win an old textbook anyday. Tablets enable scholars to branch out to many other school resources than just their textbooks.
To begin with, not only do tablets serve as an alternative for textbooks, it also serves a replacement for most of the school supplies and material needed in school. Imagine not rushing every morning to find your textbooks anymore as you know that all your textbooks are safely kept on your portable device. Going to school and class would be a breeze as there would be no hassle or bundle of books to carry. In addition, it also serves as resources for students to use. Most tablets hold apps that allow students to access the dictionary, thesaurus, research information, and etc. These functions will aid students and hopefully speed up the process classroom activities, since the teacher now won’t be bombarded with students who need help on the definition of a word, or where to find more information about a certain subject they are
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Secondly, adding tablets to schools can greatly decrease the costs of paper supplies needed and relieve the school’s budget. School Districts around America have suffer low budget costs, but if tablets were implemented in schools costs for sheets of paper an...
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...ting system and customized the system to their liking. This just shows greatly to us that if children in Ethiopia who have little to no knowledge of current day technology can dissect a tablet and “crack its code”, then the current generation of students in America who’ve been engulfed around technology all their life, can easily access the device and fully use its features.
In conclusion, it is clear that its time to live in the future. Tablets have so many options and resources that can improve a students learning experience from aiding them in homework, research projects, to allowing them to type their own essays. If we were to keep to the defaultl ways of using textbooks, our generation would never completely experience the great invention of our generation. With saying this, when will the change for tablets take in effect, or will it ever be taken in effect?
According to Clarisse, during school they sit and watch ‘ educational’ programs all day, these programs are not like documentaries in this time period, “they just run the answers right by you” (Bradbury 27). The program has no student input in an era where television should have interactive features. In areas like Africa where there is less education opportunities and less books and materials due to them being expensive, it is reasonable to think that technology would be an answer to the education crisis, but electricity is expensive and hard to get in the African savanna. Even the universities in Africa are lacking books because “they are produced in Europe so the end user in Africa has to pay more”(Spinks). People can’t even afford the books needed to get the education they deserve, low-end schools probably use what they can and it ends up that they are just running answers by the student because they don’t have the materials to show the learner visually. Many new battery-efficient and solar powered tablets have been released as educational tools for people in Africa that can supply the learning to students without Wi-Fi. These new”tablets come preloaded with a mix of the Kenyan curriculum and international content”. This gives the students the joy of learning without technology or the distractions that some devices have, such as ipads. The need for extra stuff such as Wi-Fi and
In addition, textbooks are heavy to carry around and it takes longer to find a page. Likewise with digital textbooks they are compatible with tablets, smartphones, and laptops; it’s much easier to carry around and affordable price. However, some people may argue that digital textbooks can be a distraction for people because they would not bother read anymore. The author and poet Dana Gioia argues that electronics alternatives may be a bad influence that will lead society to not read anymore. Gioia complicates matters further when she writes, “While no single activity is responsible for the decline in reading, the cumulative presence and availability of electronic alternatives increasingly have drawn Americans away from reading” (161). I think Gioia is mistaken because she overlooks on electronics being a bad influence; but doesn’t see the benefits of electronics. To demonstrate, most of my textbooks are digital, which I can easily carry my tablet around where ever I go. Also, I save more money on digital textbooks and are simple to annotated the text. Journalist Ellen Lee interview a student from Liberty University, and he states that he prefers digital textbooks because he can tap his iPad, opens the digital copy and quickly open the page. Nevertheless, he also like digital textbooks because it has a feature that allows to highlight and mark the
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Learning is an important part in one i disagree stronly with tablets because the teacher should always be your parents or what its taught in school , Although it has some factors on why having a tablet or watching televeison has its perks on its a good idea in my opinion its not at all. It dosent help the child develop the samw way .Like its stated in the article
In today’s world, technology has become a big part of everyone’s lives. Technology is becoming faster and better every day. Technology is able to help us in transportation, communication, information, learning, etc. Now technology is starting to be incorporated in school education. Through examining price, capacity vs. weight, and information/skills taught, it is evident that tablets are slowly becoming superior to textbooks.
... the society has accepted the great creation of tablets for their needs and wants, the popularity of tablets are increasing and users are constantly hoping for newer IT advancement.
The iPad possesses many interesting apps that make advanced technology accessible to both teachers and students. In Marla H. Mallette and Diane Barone’s article entitled INTERESTING WAYS TO USE iPADS IN THE CLASSROOM it briefly states that, “When two students who were new non- native speakers of English entered my class, we used iTranslate to assist in conversation. Later we used this app for learning endeavors” (Mallette e BaRONE 622). This is just a particular example of the applications this device has that infuses technology into classroom practices. Marcel Hamel the author of Some Uses for the iPad in the Classroom implies that, “In this article, I will shift the focus more to what you need to do to use the iPad in the classroom, such as ways to project or display the iPad, ways to control a laptop from your iPad, some apps that can be used as digital whiteboards, and finally, a few accessories to give you more mobility in the classroom” (Hamel 31). His article illustrates the direct connection iPads have in different ways of making teaching techniques and classroom mobility
People are convinced that technology is an effective tool that will further learning. This can be true, but when you use tablets
Although some believe it would save the school from buying computers, this is a fallacy. It is the school’s job to supply technology to students if it is used in the school. Although it would save the school money, it’s not the parent’s job to supply technology to students. Even if the school couldn’t afford computers, they could still use books. Schools in the past used books and they taught their students just as
Using tablets in the classroom would make for a more engaging and enjoyable learning experience for students. Students want to use the latest and greatest technology that there is out there. This fact is also statistically proven; a schools.com survey shows that 71% of students would like to stop using traditional textbooks and go digital, whether it be through a tablet, a laptop or other electronic device(Lynch online). The survey also stated that 62% of students would have better studying habits if given digital textbooks. In other words, the students would be more willing to study since they enjoy using the tablets in which they are studying with. Every school wants to have happy students, so they should consider putting away traditional paper textbooks and use electronic textbooks
Which would one prefer to carry on their back, one one-billionth of a gram or two tons? The average four-gigabyte tablet can hold 2,300 eBooks that only weigh one one-billionth of a gram. These books would weigh over two tons as printed textbooks. The implementation of tablets and eBooks instead of textbooks in K-12 schools would result in benefiting the future generations. This shift would result in developing more intellectual students, cause less damage to the health of the students and the environment, educate and prepare students on the technological world in which they live, and would be more cost efficient in the long run.
Paper has officially been replaced with iPads. Just kidding, but there are over 1.5 million iPads that are being used in classrooms by students on a daily bases rather than using printed textbooks as main learning resources (Graduating With Technology). With recent advancements in technology, many school districts have turned the focus off traditional learning methods of using textbooks, and are now focusing on integrating the use of tablets and computers as the main means of learning for students. Technology is going to continue to advance throughout this digital age and is going to gain popularity within education, but there are questions arising of how effective technology is when used in the classroom. The opportunity of using new technology to enhance learning should be seized, but textbooks should not become extinct within the education system or become a secondary learning method due to tablets and other types of technology becoming more popular in the education system. Textbooks are reliable, they can be used by anyone, and there are enough textbooks for each student to have their own, and be able to take them home. Also, technology is impacting the way the brain receives information. Reading digital print isn't as productive for readers as printed text, and there is limited access to resources needed for tablets to be effective when used by students. While this is true there are benefits to using tablets and other forms of technology in the classroom. It is easier for teachers to have assignments emailed directly to them, or post assignments on the internet, the use of technology is required in many core classes, and textbooks are easily worn, and expensive.
As more people began to access the Internet through smart phones and tablets rather than laptops and computers, it is not a surprise that they would also want to transform the American education system by bringing tablets into classrooms. In fact, a few schools around the country have already replaced textbooks with tablets and have seen improvements in students’ standardized test scores. Using tablets instead of textbooks is not only convenient and helpful, but it can also reduce the amount of paper wastes in school. However, it is not a good idea to completely transform textbooks with tablets with the current technology, for it can not only be damaging to the environment and costly to set up, but also might not be effective in improving K-12 education in the long run.
With a one-to-one laptop program, the days of ripped textbooks, broken bindings, and number documentation would be tasks of the past. If every student owned a laptop, kids would have their entire curriculum at their fingertips and would never have to worry about leaving an assignment or book at school. Although some say reading from a computer distracts from the hands on experience of a book, a tablet (touch screen) lapt...