Text or No Text
I cannot believe that legislature would ever think about taking curriculum books out of the classroom and replace them with computers. Many situations can occur while on a computer. The problems are endless, unless you know how to navigate the programs or even just the internet. Books are primary sources. You don’t need power to run a text book. Power of the brain is the only thing that a book needs to turn on. I have dropped many books on the ground and kicked them, try that with a computer. I would rather read a book, than look at a blinding irritating computer screen. I know this is the new world of technology but come on people, we at least need to keep some things old school. Here is another thought books cost less than computers. We can keep computers at our students desks, just as well as keeping a book for one student per desk per class.
You make some great points! I too believe there is a place for books in the modern classroom. However textbooks are not considered to be primary sources. I would want autobiographies and diaries written by historical figures and books that challenge popular media portrayals of historical events in my classroom!
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