Comments on: Everyone’s talking about digital textbooks… http://jebswebs.net/blog/2009/08/everyones-talking-about-digital-textbooks/ comments about accessible and universal web design Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Brandt http://jebswebs.net/blog/2009/08/everyones-talking-about-digital-textbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-325 John Brandt Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:37:25 +0000 http://jebswebs.net/blog/?p=226#comment-325 I just finished reading another article about "digital textbooks" published by ABC News - http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ipods-laptops-replacing-school-textbooks/story?id=8563292 One quote really got me: " Sure, students are supposed to use the iPods for their class projects, but who will be the wiser if they shoot off an email or a tweet to their friends, or just surf the Web aimlessly instead of doing their work? " This is so silly...when I was a kid - a million years ago - I used to play with my "mechanical pencil" making believe it was a rocket ship. The reason for doing this was likely the same reason a student today would choose (actively or passively) to "play" with their technology tools instead of using them for their intended purpose. I was bored! And despite the expansiveness and expensiveness of today's teaching/learning tools, kids will drift off when the learning environment is not stimulating. PS: I think I still have that Pentel p207 I just finished reading another article about “digital textbooks” published by ABC News – http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ipods-laptops-replacing-school-textbooks/story?id=8563292

One quote really got me:

” Sure, students are supposed to use the iPods for their class projects, but who will be the wiser if they shoot off an email or a tweet to their friends, or just surf the Web aimlessly instead of doing their work? ”

This is so silly…when I was a kid – a million years ago – I used to play with my “mechanical pencil” making believe it was a rocket ship. The reason for doing this was likely the same reason a student today would choose (actively or passively) to “play” with their technology tools instead of using them for their intended purpose. I was bored! And despite the expansiveness and expensiveness of today’s teaching/learning tools, kids will drift off when the learning environment is not stimulating.

PS: I think I still have that Pentel p207

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