Lesson 18

"Tablets for Textbooks in Schools"

For Philippine schools, even for private ones catering to children of the well to do families, the so called Tablets for learning is still futuristic.

Today , books are still the primary medium of instruction in most schools.

Virtual literacy may very well ease out textual print literacy.

Disadvantages of using books

  1. The load of books and workbooks for every subject are backbreaking.

2.  Publishing and printing millions of books are too expensive for public purse.

3. Error from wrong information technical mistakes and editorial lapses.

         

Technology is being viewed as a savior.

Computer games as a learning technology along with other audio-visual aids to teaching learning.

Classroom instruction which rides the vehicle of gaming makes learning more effective and more fun.

Tablets for schools

Difficulties for using tablets in public school

       
1. Cost of one tablet for one student.

2. Books have more durability compared with electronic gadgets.

3. Technical expertise for the learning software.

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.