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Why are computers taking the place of textbooks?

Why are computers taking the place of textbooks?. Because computers are light weight Easy to carry More efficient than paperback books. Computers vs. Textbooks. BY: Rosie Collie. Overview. Why replace textbooks with computers Schools replacing textbooks Cost of textbooks

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Why are computers taking the place of textbooks?

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  1. Why are computers taking the place of textbooks? Because computers are light weight Easy to carry More efficient than paperback books

  2. Computers vs. Textbooks BY: Rosie Collie

  3. Overview • Why replace textbooks with computers • Schools replacing textbooks • Cost of textbooks • Saying goodbye to textbooks

  4. Computers • Light weight • Easy to upgrade • Save assignments • Getting instructions • Working on computers

  5. Computers (Cont.’) • An E-book is an electronic version of a paperback book. • Librarians tell us that people don't even know that libraries lend E-Books.  Leaving books behind Checking things out

  6. Textbooks • School replacing textbooks • Cost of textbooks • Too heavy to carry • Saying goodbye to textbooks Books are moving Looking for pictures

  7. Textbooks (Cont.’) • Moving out books • Follett Software Company’s Destiny Textbook • Manger helps district save money and improve • Instruction in a time of shrinking budgets

  8. Making a Choose • More computers for students • Still looking inside books

  9. Conclusion • Technology is on the move in classrooms across America • Textbooks are moving out the door of the classrooms

  10. Resources • www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=664893#.UKBQ-uQ73JU • www.ketknbc.com/news/many-people-are-saying-goodbye-to-paperback-books • Kcur.org/post/flexbook-textbook-replacement

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