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Should All Students Have Computers instead of text books?
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Do we really need text books these days?
We now have tablet PC's, which are portable and can be wireless.
Do you think it would be a good thing if the government gave every student a machine similar to the pic below and they kept this with them and took it to classes rather then a bag full of heavy books?
It would save on a lot of printing costs and the needs to buy lots of text books.
Going electronic could even help teachers to get their marking done faster and so have more time to spend on other things.
We now have tablet PC's, which are portable and can be wireless.
Do you think it would be a good thing if the government gave every student a machine similar to the pic below and they kept this with them and took it to classes rather then a bag full of heavy books?
It would save on a lot of printing costs and the needs to buy lots of text books.
Going electronic could even help teachers to get their marking done faster and so have more time to spend on other things.
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So do I.
Also, the government don't pay for our books as it is so I would extremely doubt that they would pay for this contraption either.
I'd much rather see the money go into improving teaching standards personally.
there made out of trees? but then again that gadget has probably got its fair share of plastic in it. lose lose really
and what if they got broken? and they would be much more likely to get stolen than a text book!
And how many thousands of years have we used them without anyone complaining?
I prefer books to computers when I'm studying. When I'm reading e-journals I normally print the articles off. I can't scrawl on the computer screen.
2) Books don't need recharging / a power source
3) Some pikey sees you with a book, he's not going to mug you for it
4) Books require neither upgrades nor tech support
5) Thos PDAs run Windows. Nuff said.
Alot of the information found online can be slightly dodgy as well to say the least.
Plus I'd hate to be sat in lectures not looking at printed notes that I can write all over easily and clearly. Oh and I can't revise from printed stuff, has to be in my own writing and I get bored stiffless reading things on my pc so everything gets printed out.
So nop I hate the idea.
Well if everyone had one then they'd be less likely to be stolen.
Plus that can be protected with biometriocs such as finger print recognition so it's useless to anyone but the rightful owner.
But so far everyone answering hasn't mentioned the time benefits?
Similar kinds of machines could help kids with their writing and pick up things a teacher might miss because they have 30+ students to look after, whilst the software only has one student to look after.
Such machines could take help teachers in taking the register, a press on the thumb reader whilst in the class would automatically register you in attendence.
I'm of course giving the pic as an example doesn't have to run windows, in fact such a device should be specially designed for the task of education..
such devices could relay what written on the board at the front of the class so they can clearly see what is going on..
And they would definately be a target for muggers, its not like everyone in the country will be given one, and even if they did you could still export them and make money.
Its costly, pointless and actually potentially dangerous, reading lots of text on a screen is worse for your eyes than paper and using lap tops is considerably more dangerous in terms of arms, back etc. than using a normal PC.