Select one of the “Point/Counterpoint: Critical Issues in Technology,” in Chapter 6 of Technology Applications for the Digital Classroom. List the issue # you are reviewing and then identify which position you believe is most accurate/valid, and explain why.
Issue #16- Digital Textbooks.
I think we should move into digital textbooks within the school system. Especially since there are many students who are not interested in reading a textbook. A digital textbook can provide sufficient up-to-date information for the lessons being taught. It is so much easier to update information digitally than in a textbook. For how fast life is changing technologically and historically, a textbook it outdated at most every five years. There can be video clips added throughout the text book that children can look at to get a better understanding. Everything is right there and kids cannot have an excuse that they did not have it. In addition, all the textbooks that students have to carry carry to and from school everyday can cause horrible back problems. Many children are getting back problems at the 4th grade. It will be easier for students who are learning foreign languages. Students can learn the language from a native person instead of a teacher who has a horrible accent and says all the words incorrectly. Digital textbooks have the information within the CD. There is nothing else the student or teacher needs other than that textbook.
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