Tablets in the
Classroom
The students in
school today have Smartphone’s in their pockets, iPads and tablets
at home that are used for recreational use, and even a laptop to play
games on if they want to. With the younger generation being so
technologically savvy, wouldn’t it be a great idea to incorporate
technology in to the classroom. Many school systems across the
country have already realized the benefits of making the classroom
more technology accessible. Getting rid of physical textbooks and
moving towards using tablets can save a lot of money and even get the
students more involved.
Time to say goodbye
to regular ink-and-print textbooks, and hello to digital textbooks.
Students book bags are getting lighter as the use of iPads and
tablets are rapidly increasing. Publishers update students' books
almost instantly with the latest events or research. Schools are
increasingly looking to the hand-held tablets as a way to sustain
students' interest, reward their achievements and, in some cases,
actually keep per-student costs down. Education technology will
change the entire face of education allowing teachers to have a more
focused and supervised instruction creating a better management of
the classroom. A problem is created when the teachers and instructors
are not as advanced in the technology as the students are. How can we
expect the face of education to change if the voice is not literate
to the change?
Aside from the lack
of knowledge that some instructors may have, it has not discouraged
companies such as apple and Samsung to create partnerships with the
schools for the students. Some 2,000 schools already have partnered
with Samsung to use its lightweight Chromebooks, which start at $199.
Some 20 million students and teachers are already using them, company
officials said. With the influence the corporations are having on
school systems it would only seem right to create the most
cost-efficient way have a productive school year.
I'm ready to see how the classroom will look like in 20 years. Excited for the future!
ReplyDeleteThat's crazy to think that our kids will most likely be learning academia from computers. I feel this has both a positive and negative. For I see educators being replaced with favored technology.
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