Content
Today, books are still the primary medium of instruction in
most schools. The disadvantage of using books for learning are debated upon.
For school-graders, the loads of books are backbreaking due to weight and size.
Publishing and printing millions of books for millions of public school
children are just too expensive for the public purse. 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. Already
computer games have been adopted in developed countries as a learning
technology along with other audio-visual aids to teaching and learning.
Classroom instruction which rides the vehicle of gaming admittedly makes
learning more effective and more fun.
Use of tablets in public schools in the country maybe
difficult considering certain factors, such as cost of one tablet for one
student, books have more durability compare with electronic gadgets, and
technical expertise for the learning software is not widely available.
Experience
I don’t have any experiences on this – tablet for textbooks
in school. But I have laptop where I can store my files needed for
teaching-learning process.
Reflection
I think it is good to have tablet for textbooks in schools
for convenience and making the discussion easier and more fun. Students are no
longer carrying bundle of textbooks, instead, just one tablet. If there’s a
need to search or browse, there is no need for them to go to the library, just
one tablet with Internet. Everything will be stored in just one storage and
that would be very beneficial. But considering some disadvantages of tablets
for textbooks in school in terms of the cost, durability and radiation will
also not good to the learners. Everything exist has its positive and negative
side just like computer and Internet. Let us not rush things that we assumed it
can be beneficial, instead, let’s consider both sides – positive and negative –
for harmonious and meaningful teaching-learning process.
Application
As technology continues to evolve, we really need to adopt
it specially in implementing instruction to catch the learners’ interest. As
future educator link with this topic, I will give an activity to the student
that could also let them think critically about their opinions on these –
Tablet for Textbooks in School. I will ask them to make a collage, gathering
picture of technology devices that being used by the digital society today and
let them describe its pros and cons and come up with a reflection paper for
their opinions.
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