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The Edutopia Poll
by Sara Bernard
The age of the textbook may be bowing out -- or it may not. New technologies can help facilitate learning in ways traditional textbooks simply can't match. But we wouldn't want to do away with books entirely, say some people, and the funds needed to replace textbooks with laptops will only sharpen the digital divide. We're interested in your opinion.
Laptops complement textbooks
Submitted by Michael Murray (not verified) on May 22, 2008 - 09:17.
The Eastern Townships (public) School Board has deployed laptops to all students from grade 3 to the end of high school, in a program running since 2003. All schools are fully wireless. Students take laptops home and generally treat them as their own. Pedagogy has adjusted to this change using online resources and all the conventional sources of information. Some publishers have been persuaded to supply texts and workbooks on CD but most still believe they are in the printing business. Teachers use available textbooks as the resources they always have been, compendiums and summaries of information that can serve as a starting point for more comprehensive research online. Now students are not limited to a single source for understanding a subject.
Should laptops replace textbooks?
Submitted by AWSOME (not verified) on April 28, 2008 - 15:02.
Awsome!!!!!!!!!!
I think this is so totoally COOOOOOOOOL!!!!
I want my school to do that.
I have scoliosis and that would help
Why they should. all u non-supporters r not right.
Submitted by J.D. (not verified) on April 24, 2008 - 07:14.
it would save evry 1 money on paper in the long run.
Textbooks and children
Submitted by Miami_East_Girl (not verified) on April 14, 2008 - 05:19.
I think that it is a good idea, because us kids are coming home with so much homework in our bookbags that is causes back problems! I think that it would be a good idea now instead of in the future to do this. This goes for everybody that is a parent would you rather spend a buch of money of school books and stuff that you don't need or more money on your childs back! I would on a laptop rather then anything else. Us kids are your future so I think that ya'll need to make the best of your lifes NOW!!!
Should laptops replace textbooks?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 2, 2008 - 12:01.
we should have laptops in schools because it will make our lives easier
Laptops should replace textbooks
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 5, 2008 - 08:31.
I think laptops should replace textbooks so we can be up to date with technoligy.
A persuasive essay
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 10, 2008 - 17:43.
yes in fact i am doing a persuasive essay on it right now
I think laptops are a good
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 19, 2008 - 09:42.
I think laptops are a good idea for schools around the world.
i thnk it shud all be about
Submitted by Mike Hoxlarge (not verified) on February 10, 2008 - 15:46.
i thnk it shud all be about laptops .. save some trees .. screw the textbooks .. lets learn electronicallt
Schools definitely need laptops
Submitted by Lydia (not verified) on February 7, 2008 - 23:18.
Who wants out of date books that have reprinted frequently to keep up with the new discoveries? Those cost huge amounts of cash and take a long time to make, they're also burning trees and wasting ink. Digital textbooks are so much lighter and are updateable without having to reprint them. Laptops are also better for people who carry a lot of books everyday and it reduces the risk of getting a back injury. Think about it, if a laptop is $700 and a textbook is $70, getting the textbook reprinted ten times is the same as the price of a laptop, and maybe you need to reprint even more textbooks. Laptops can also store hundreds of textbooks for the weight of one.
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