Lesson 18

Tablets for Textbooks in Schools

For Philippine schools, even for private ones catering to children of the well I to-do families,  the so called tablet -for a learning is still futuristic. Give however, the recognize impact of technology in education, the future may not be too far away.

Today, books are still the primary medium in instruction  most schools.it is doubtful if these will totally be replace by digital technology reading tool ,but there are now perceptions that virtual literacy May very well ease out textual print literacy.Already, he disadvantages of using books for learning are being debated upon.For school-graders, the load of books and wordbooks for every subject are backbreaking  due to their weight and size.In developing countries, one book for every student is still a goal, not a reality.Publishing and printing millions of books for millions of public school children are just too expensive for the public purse.The errors in public school textbooks has also been exposed,errors resulting from wrong information,technical mistakes, and editorial lapses.

Today, technology is being viewed ad a savior.Given the fact that students are enamored y computer games which take much of their time at home, educators have  begun to think that the computer screen can very well serve as a powerful educational medium.Already computer games have been adopted in developed countries as a learning technology along with other audio-visual aids to teaching and learning. Classroom instruction which rides the vehicle of gaming admittedly makes learning more effective and more fun.From studies,educational video gaming has been shown to inculcate competencies that relate to learning concentration, lasting memory recall and higher visual literacy.