Why We Should Replace Textbooks

Many schools have switched from using paper textbooks to iPads or chromebooks, which allow students to access online textbooks. But is this a good change? There are many factors that need to be put into consideration, including the age group of a kids receiving the technology, the classes this tool can be used for, and the children’s ability to interact with others.

Imagine a day when youngsters would leave for school carrying nothing more than an electronic device weighing less than one pound. The advent and growing popularity of electronic textbooks may make this a reality sooner rather than later. No more students trudging around with 20 pound backpacks strapped to their backs. No more lockers jammed with textbooks and notebooks. The benefits of transitioning to e-textbooks are many and provide advantages for both students and educators.

History textbooks are not the definitive tale of the past. They are written by people with different biases and perspective and published by companies with motives other than knowledge. The truth is, facts are fluid, the interpretation of events change as ideologies and historical accuracies alter. So, why should textbooks be trusted? Call it a conspiracy theory, but we cannot look at information in textbooks with passive and accepting glances. Too often, there is a push for patriotism over learning and accurate information is ignored in place of a good and inspiring story.

Despite the fact that digital textbooks are easier for schools to implement, it is believed that schools should avoid the implementation of digital textbooks and should strive to provide the necessary funding to keep tangible learning material present in education due to the fact that many kids lack the access or the schedules to be able utilize them. If they are implemented, the schools may be able to use the extra money that is usually put towards book for other aspects of the school, yet they will watch the kids helplessly fall behind in their education. Student’s face issues with internet access, distractions, health problems and potentially falling behind in school all together. With the fall back of education would come the fall back of grades and the school would lose the necessary funding from its county that it is normally given in reward for a high number of passing students. To avoid this, schools should arrange more meetings to discuss and cover funding. They should decide what is most necessary to a student’s education and work on funding those first.

The boy attempts to come up with words for the essay to put onto the paper. While he is trying to come up with the words he is staring blankly at his laptop wishing he could use it. He knows that it would be faster to finish the essay and easier for him to come up with something, but he also knows his teacher would not allow him to do it on the computer. If schools switched from textbooks to computers students could become driven to do work simply because they are comfortable with computers. Computers can help students learn faster and in certain cases, easier. Computers can also hold multiple textbooks on just one device, It has been proven that students get better scores on test while using a computer. Computers have better resources than a textbook contains. Better test scores are better for the average student so that they can increase their grades and raise their grade point average. While textbooks can be heavy in large amounts computers can hold tons of textbooks

We live in the era of 21st century, and it is the time to take the step in whole world with technological advances. Nowadays, most of the children love to use the internet for many purposes, but still they carry heavy backpacks with lots of textbooks. There are many reason for why textbooks should be replaced by today’s latest technological tools. Textbooks have become a burden for all students across the world. As technology advances, leaning styles have become more technology dependent which makes the students more accustomed to technological devices. Some schools have traditional thinking that textbooks are the only way to go perfectly, but on the other hand online resources are more sensible alternative. School districts should replace textbooks with online resources in order to reduce stress for the students, save the district resources, and endure a longer period of time than textbooks.

Teachers are always assigning homework in the textbook and of course every student complains. Not only because they have homework, but because they have to lug home multiple textbooks. Many school districts have been trying to find a way to solve this complaint. What school board officials have come up with is replacing the textbooks with notebook computers or tablets. It is the 21st century, there is technology booming everywhere. However, converting the notebook computers might not be the greatest decision.

Unlike the United States, some nations have a defined national school curriculum. Students in high school English classes in the United States have a wide variety of texts to read from, while students in other countries might be reading the same texts in high school. Providing the same texts to read for high school English texts gives them a lack of access to a variety of themes of literature and believes it makes the students less interested in not only the English curriculum, but reading in general. There should not be a mandatory reading list for all high school English classes because of the lack of variety of texts provided to them.

With college textbooks on the rise, there is no wonder that college students are skipping out on buying books for classes or skipping certain classes altogether. The cost of college books has increased by three times the rate of inflation, about 1,041 percent. Colleges need to find a solution to textbook prices before it gets even more out of hand.

It has been proven that students can comprehend better when reading slower. When students use computers it is much harder to stay focused on the task ahead. When students use textbooks their eyes don’t have strain on them like a computer. The bright screen of a computer can stall kids thinking. This causes kids to stray from the task at hand and become uninterested in the right task. The bright screen of a computer wakes you up and gets you overly excited. Textbooks are even better for teachers. Teachers use textbooks so that they don’t have to explain as much as they would if they didn’t have a textbook to use. Another reason that teachers use textbooks to teach is because each textbook holds information for each teacher’s specific subject that they are trying to teach. In a textbook you need to find the link between text

Not only utilizing computers have more advanced functions than textbooks, but also lead to a better understanding of the lectures for the students. In their report, Digital Textbook Collaborative argues, “Digital content includes richly diverse fields of knowledge, supporting opportunities for interaction with materials, resources, and experts beyond the classroom” (Digital Textbook Collaborative). The evidence suggests that computers have more resources and will encourage students to learn more about a concept. Sometimes, textbooks do not explain the meaning of a concept while computers can have a lot of information for the concept itself. Using the textbooks makes students do not have the full image of the concept, computers can help students

Books are challenged/banned all over the world because of their content. But they shouldn’t be. Books are tools and are very important to help students learn and grow. Books are used for leaning, entertainment, and many movies/shows are based on books. Books are banned/ challenged mostly by parents and students because of language, violence, and other things in the book that bother them. For example, the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. The book is based on the characters Clay Jensen, and Hannah Baker, and their peers. In the book, Hannah is a girl that killed herself but left behind 13 tapes that told the “story of her life” and why “her life ended”. The book includes Hannah’s reasons for her to take her life and they’re very realistic and detailed reasons. The book is from Clay’s point of view, and about Clay’s feelings and reactions toward Hannah’s death and tapes. Thirteen Reasons Why shouldn’t be banned not only because it’s a very good book, but because this book can help many people. This novel can help teenagers understand that the things they say can hurt people and cause their personal problems to grow. It also shows them that their actions matter a lot.

Electronic textbooks are more portable and convenient as they can be accessed by a tablet, downloaded onto a computer or accessed via the internet. The technological benefits available on an electronic textbook are endless. The audio and video capabilities will liven up learning and change the way students understand and retain the material. The emergence of three-dimensional technology may also play a role in the near future. In addition, digital textbooks are much more user friendly. Studying for tests will be more efficient as highlighted notes can be easily transferred into electronic note cards for memorization. The main downside to electronic textbooks is that students will have to purchase a reading device, tablet, laptop or smartphone in order to view digital textbooks away from home or on the go. Most college students have already made this investment prior to starting college.

Textbooks have been around longer than technology. But today’s world is very digital and everything from cleaning the house to Washing clothes is done by machines and so has textbook from reading on a paper to reading on a screen. But how good is this change for us as a college students? According to the article written by Christyna Hunter, reading on a computer screen takes more mental energy thereby leaving less for actual content retention. In England, 10 per cent of 10-year olds are issued textbooks. In South Korea, the figure is 99 percent. In secondary science, 8 per cent of pupils in England are issued with textbooks compared to 88 per cent in South Korea and 92 per cent in Taiwan. These Asian countries are among the highest performing in the world, according to the OECD’s latest PISA survey, which evaluates the knowledge and skills of the world’s 15-year-olds. According to LA Times, 92% of the college student when asked prefer the print books to ebooks.

The positives about law books are that you can look at information in the book, which is reliable as it cannot be altered by anyone that is reliable, you can take the book anywhere with you, it’s easy to find your way through the book, as at the front they is a list of headings which helps you find which page(s) your looking for quickly.