Jerrae Gordon
Ms. Johnson
Honors English III
12/11/2014
Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?
Tablets should replace textbooks in K-12 grades because they are more portable, they help students learn faster and they help save the environment by saving trees.
Would tablets be the death of textbooks in K-12 schools? Tablets should replace textbooks in K-12 schools. The convenience of tablets vs textbooks. Tablets can Improve the rate at which students learn. Tablets are not only convenient, and economical, but they are environmentally beneficial. While there are many people who oppose of tablets, tablets should replace textbooks in K-12 grades because they are more portable, they will help students learn faster and they will help …show more content…
Tablets are mini computers that can do the same or sometimes more and they are bigger than smartphones.(Gregersen, Erick). The weight of the textbooks can even affect the teachers. Textbooks can cause serious injuries to the students back. Some of these students even need to go to the chiropractor at a very young age.(ProCon.org). Five percent of students visit the school nurse complaining about pains of their spines and how their backpacks are too heavy. With the replacement of textbooks for tablets in schools, fewer children will have bad backs as they reach their teenage and adult …show more content…
To illustrate, the tablets may cause computer vision syndrome and this involves headaches, blurred vision, eyestrain, and strained necks.(Klindt, Rob). To prevent these problems from occurring the school officials would have to figure out a way to pay for these major problems. Aso the schools would have to fund these injuries. The injuries could cost up to $40,000 for back injuries or up to $13,000 for wrist and hand injuries.(Klindt, Rob). These expenses may burden school officials by making them short on the money resources or even their expenses that they need to pay at a time of distress. Some people may think it is better to stay away from these health
Ms. Johnson
Honors English III
12/11/2014
Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?
Tablets should replace textbooks in K-12 grades because they are more portable, they help students learn faster and they help save the environment by saving trees.
Would tablets be the death of textbooks in K-12 schools? Tablets should replace textbooks in K-12 schools. The convenience of tablets vs textbooks. Tablets can Improve the rate at which students learn. Tablets are not only convenient, and economical, but they are environmentally beneficial. While there are many people who oppose of tablets, tablets should replace textbooks in K-12 grades because they are more portable, they will help students learn faster and they will help …show more content…
Tablets are mini computers that can do the same or sometimes more and they are bigger than smartphones.(Gregersen, Erick). The weight of the textbooks can even affect the teachers. Textbooks can cause serious injuries to the students back. Some of these students even need to go to the chiropractor at a very young age.(ProCon.org). Five percent of students visit the school nurse complaining about pains of their spines and how their backpacks are too heavy. With the replacement of textbooks for tablets in schools, fewer children will have bad backs as they reach their teenage and adult …show more content…
To illustrate, the tablets may cause computer vision syndrome and this involves headaches, blurred vision, eyestrain, and strained necks.(Klindt, Rob). To prevent these problems from occurring the school officials would have to figure out a way to pay for these major problems. Aso the schools would have to fund these injuries. The injuries could cost up to $40,000 for back injuries or up to $13,000 for wrist and hand injuries.(Klindt, Rob). These expenses may burden school officials by making them short on the money resources or even their expenses that they need to pay at a time of distress. Some people may think it is better to stay away from these health