Educational Technology Vs American Education

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From the infant just born into the world to the elderly on their death-bed has been introduced to this world of technology. Technology has reshaped our life to be something entirely different from what we had. Hospitals, Parks, Transportation, Restaurants, offices and even homes are equipped with the latest technologies. Even though we live in a techno world, Students are still forced to carry heavy backpacks of textbooks and notebooks. The Educational Technology Debate (ETD) seeks to promote discussions and ideas that will help in providing low-cost information and communication technology to the developing countries. Kentaro Tayoma argues for the ETD that the history of electronic technologies in schools is fraught with failure. The European …show more content…
Even Though, both the stakeholders for this matter are different on their viewpoints, they are both arguing for a better education system for the future generation. The ETD groups talk about a more tactile way of learning. Whereas, the students who support the use of e-books claims that it helps with better access to books and resources. The educational institutions who supports the ETD might face a huge loss in the profit margin if they end printed textbooks. The ETD also claims that developing countries which do not use technology in their everyday life will have difficulties in studying with e-resources. They also assert that e-books have a lot of health problems such as loss of vision, high radiation etc. Even though e-resources are less when you compare the cost of all the textbooks you buy in a semester, the educational institutions could make a much greater profit with e-books because the cost of mass production is comparatively lesser than the printed textbooks. The health issues caused by e-resources can be minimized by using low radiation tablets and reading and writing with bigger font …show more content…
There are many obstacles to using only e-books. A traditional book is an asset for the rest of our lives whereas e-books have an expiry date and we cannot pass it down or sell it at second-hand shops after our use. It might not even be technologically feasible to stop books from existing and the cost of production of iPads and tablets that cause no damage to the human body might be huge if not impossible. The e-books should be made available just as a printed textbook. The consumer should be given the authorization to keep the book throughout their lifetime. The consumer should also be given permission to legally sell or lent their e-book. All these problems can be solved if the students and teachers are given the choice to choose between the likes and dislikes. A teacher’s choice to use e-textbooks should interfere with the student’s choice of using a printed textbook and vice

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