Lesson 18: Tablets for Textbooks in Schools

Today, books are still the primary medium of instruction in most schools. Already, there is a disadvantage of using books for learning that are being debated upon. The errors in public school textbooks have also been exposed, errors resulting from wrong information, technical mistakes and editorial lapses.

      Today, technology is being viewed as a savior because the students are enamored by computer games. By that, the educators have begun to think that the computer screen can very well serve as a power point educational medium.

      In general, tablets as a primary learning tool can be replacing the textbooks. Tablets are conducive to higher thinking, constructive and participative teaching-and-learning. By that, parents gave full support to the IT advancement. Technology itself may be a key to problem resolution and Filipino ingenuity is called to respond to the challenge facing the digital generation of the millennium.

Experience

Nowadays, students interest is taken into consideration that’s why instead of students bringing their multiple books they would just bring their tablets. One school who are utilizing these practice is the Ateneo.

Reflection

Using tablets in school is really awesome but we must into consideration that our country cannot afford it because aside from being so expensive it is vulnerable to be broken and once it is broken it cannot be brought back to its original size.

Application

Although using tablets in schools for book replacement is expensive there are still private schools who are using these things. But public school in our country cannot afford it yet still maybe in the near future it is still attainable.

Reference:


Lucido, P. I. (2012). Educational Technology 2. LORIMAR PUBLISHING INC.