A growing trend in schools across America is the use of tablets in the classroom instead of physical text books.<\/p>\n
A recent survey conducted in Minnesota on the potential of replacing tablets with textbooks. The survey received a lot of mixed reactions from educators. Here is my take on the matter.<\/p>\n
Allowing students to use tablets instead of physical text books for all classroom instructions will make textbooks a thing of the past. Such change will transform modern education for ever.<\/p>\n
Can you Imagine a time when the American classroom will no longer contain a single textbook? \u00a0But first, let\u2019s look at the similarities and differences between tablets vs textbooks.<\/p>\n
Similarities between Tablets and Textbooks<\/strong><\/p>\n Difference between Tablets and Textbooks <\/strong><\/p>\n Now, what do you think?<\/p>\n Many classrooms use tablets throughout the school day. Most times students really appear to be interesting in the lesson. However, one of my concerns is that if tablets replace textbooks, then what happens when electronic failures occur, and it will happen.<\/p>\n We experience this occurrence ourselves when our computers shut down. Our productivity becomes extremely limited until the hardware is running again. The same occurs in workplaces all over the world when electronic systems fail. \u00a0Nothing gets done.<\/p>\n My Experience with Electronic Failure<\/strong><\/p>\n I remember working in the computer lab with a classroom when suddenly the computer system shut down. Since there were no books, pencils or paper, the students set and complained the entire period because they were bored. Many couldn\u2019t handle their idle time and got into trouble via frustration, name calling, and disagreements.<\/p>\n The only thing that could have kept some measure of productivity going is the availability of textbooks or some type of notebooks. Many writers and thinkers have warned of our growing dependency on the technology of convenience. One of my favorite authors, EM. Foster, coined the warning-phrase in his bestselling book,\u201d When the Machine Stops.\u201d<\/p>\n Keep textbooks in the classroom. When electronics shut down, then the traditional method of learning should always be an option.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A growing trend in schools across America is the use of tablets in the classroom instead of physical text books. A recent survey conducted in Minnesota on the potential of replacing tablets with textbooks. The survey received a lot of mixed reactions from educators. Here is my take on the matter. Allowing students to use tablets instead of physical text books for all classroom instructions will make textbooks a thing of the past. Such change will transform modern education for ever. Can you Imagine a time when the American classroom will no longer contain a single textbook? \u00a0But first, let\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[500],"tags":[556,557,558],"class_list":["post-1292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pedagogicalchallenges","tag-classroom-trends","tag-tablets-in-the-classroom","tag-textbook-options"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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