Lesson 18: Tablets for Textbooks in Schools

Content

             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. 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.

Experience

            For me, yes it can be replace the textbooks to tablets because during my high school years, carrying heavy books in the school is burdensome for me. Thanks to IT because it developed software which entail for us to be trained by the teachers in preparing interactive discussion. Tablets for school may be difficult but the books have more durability compared with electronic gadgets due to handling, energy charging, and heat and most lastly, technology is being viewed as our savior.

Reflection

Developing software using the Tablet will entail the participation of teachers who will have to be trained in preparing interactive, graphically-rich and effective learning modules. And for multimedia encyclopedia and electronics books students can access any desired information, search its vast content and even download or print relevant portion of the data. Electronic books provides the students useful learning of reading, spelling and word skills.

Application

            Using tablets in school will be easier and more convenient. But as future teacher, I think it is better not to fully replace textbooks with tablets but instead supplement or just add it in instruction.