THE PROS AND CONS OF USING TABLETS INSTEAD OF TEXTBOOKS

THE PROS OF USING TABLETS INSTEAD OF TEXTBOOKS:

Tablet has light weight and easier to carry around than several heavy textbooks
Tablets are less expensive than printed textbooks and they can be instantly updated when needed
With the use of tablets, waste drastically reduces as there is no more consumption of papers, printers and other accessories
Tablets offers technological features such as search box, image description, easy access to dictionary, video description, all which facilitate quality learning
Teachers can easily adjust, manipulate, and personalize learning to a particular student’s need with tablet.

THE CONS OF USING TABLETS INSTEAD OF TEXTBOOKS:

Due to dynamism, student can get easily distracted with tablet
The production of a single tablet requires 100-kilowatt hours of fossil fuels, compared to textbooks that needs 2-kilowatt hours. This is harmful to health and environment
Schools need to organize trainings for teachers to let them better understand tablet capabilities and use.
It is easier for students to lose tablets than textbooks. Once a single tablet is lost, several learning resources are lost.
In contrast to textbooks, tablets need stable internet and Wi-Fi which might be expensive

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