Bicol UniversityCollege of Agriculture and Forestry

Guinobatan, Albay

Lesson 18:Tablets for

Textbooks in Schools

• Prepared by:

• Aris N. De Castro• III-BAT-ATE1

TABLETS IN SCHOOLFor the Philippine schools, even in private ones catering to children of the well-to-do families, the so-called Tablet-for-learning is still futuristic .Given, however, the recognized impact of technology in education, the future may not be too far away.

Today..Books are still the primary medium of instruction in most schools.But there are now perception that virtual literacy may very well ease out textual print literacy.

Books

TABLET-BASED EDUCATION

The disadvantage of using books for learning are debated upon.

The load of books and workbooks for every subject is 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 too expensive for the public purse.

I cannot afford to buy books

because it’s too expensive.

Today, technology is being viewed as a

savior.

Computer games have been adopted in developed countries as a learning technology along with other audio-visual aids to teaching-and-learning.

FROM STUDIES….

Educational video gaming has been shown to inculcate competencies that relate to learning concentration, lasting memory recall and higher visual literacy.

DISADVANTAGES OF TABLETS

De La Salle Experience

In De la Salle School, the future is now.

Administrators, teachers, parents and other stakeholders have met to discuss the use of Tablets as a primary learning tool to replace the textbook.

It was argued that young students carry many heavy books to school, which can be physically burdensome.

Information technology product manufacturers have given the De La Salle school support by way of customized tablet designs that re conducive to higher thinking, constructive and participative teaching-and-learning.

TABLET VS. TEXTBOOK

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REFERENCES:BOOK

Educational Technology 2 , Paz Lucido

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