[blparent] a question.

[Jennifer S Jackson]

I agree with your basic point here and also have concerns about not reaching
every child in a way that is their best learning style. The big appeal to
the schools is the cost savings. Textbooks are expensive. Many of the
schools in my area of have gone to a system of providing textbooks to the
individual classroom only, and not actually issuing them to students. So
purchasing about 30 books instead of the 150 plus necessary to give one to
every student.

The use of various electronics have been proven to be beneficial to the
education process, and students need to have a basic understanding of the
use of computers, tablets, and the like to even enter the work force. This
means schools are under a lot of pressure to supply these devices and train
the students to use them. So it can seem like an obvious next step to just
put the textbooks on the same devices.


Jennifer J
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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Wendy Meuse
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Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 11:03 AM
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Subject: [blparent] a question.

    I don't know a lot about this or what is going on, but last night I was
listening to the local news and they brought up something I am not sure how
I feel about.  The teachers and the education board here are talking about
changing the whole  education system here from kindergarten to grade nine.
They were sayhing that since most children come to school with devices of
some kind such as i phones etc, and how a lot of kids no about going onto
the internet and in some cases how to navagate simple sites that they are
going to do away with text books and writing on paper altogether and
everything will be computer based.  Being a 62 year old grandma and not that
good at technology I am not sure how I feel about such a big change all of a
sudden.  Isn't there a good chance that a lot of children could be left
behind, and what about the costs of i phones etc to parents who are low
income?  I just have so many bad feelings about this.  Children are already
so used to calculators, in some cases I have been into stores where people
do not know how to add and subtract on paper let alone in their heads.  They
were talking about doing away with memorization altogether.  Where is it all
going to lead?  I know I sound extremely old fashioned, but I would like to
hear some oppinions on this.  Curious minds want to know.  I hope I am not
sounding stupid here.  I believe that our kids should know about computers
and all that goes with them but i would like to see them know how to do
things themselves too.
God knows the end from the beginning so we can trust him with everything in
between. 



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