An increasing number of schools provide tablets and laptop computers for students to use in school, replacing books and other printed materials like exams and assignments. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trend?

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Schools have always been evolving. Earlier, schools required students to bring their own notebooks.
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, they started providing their own books, now they are providing tablets and laptops. While
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brings in modernisation, may believe
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trend is making students lazier. In
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essay, let's discuss both these viewpoints. One advantage of giving computers, tablets and other digital instruments to students is that they are going future ready as it enables youngsters to
pickup
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pick up
digital skills. Another benefit is that, when younger generations familiarise themselves with these tools, there is no learning curve involved in using them at a later stage of their life. It becomes easier to track progress of students. With
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the help
of targeted content delivery and numerous other tools in its disposal,
digitalization
conversion of analog information into digital information
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-generation in terms of schooling.
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, there is very high
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a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
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that these might be
mis-used
used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose
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missed
. Students should use these gadgets only for educational purposes and they should be monitored. But, it should be done is
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a way that, it doesn't intrude their privacy. Digital equipments are prone to hacking, care must be taken to ensure
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preventative
measures are taken and data protection laws are followed. In most countries using books have become "old-school" but many other developing countries still use them. Given that there are both positives and negatives in any technology, we should keep in mind that, we should be open for changes. We need to make sure these new tech should be evaluated thoroughly before enforcing them on students.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Interactive learning
  • Educational resources
  • Digital materials
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Carbon footprint
  • Investment
  • Distraction
  • Equality
  • Technology access
  • Technical issues
  • Prolonged use
  • Eye strain
  • Posture
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