The possibility of e-readers replacing textbooks in the future is quite an intriguing thought and an idea that, in a perfect world, would be completely ideal and loved by students, but I seriously doubt this will happen within the next 10 years. If every student would take proper care of their e-reader, then replacing textbooks with these devices could be a money-saving and student-friendly idea. Unfortunately, I am aware of how many textbooks are lost or destroyed at our school every year and I don't believe this case would change if students were put in charge of an electronic device rather than textbooks. This is very unfortunate because I can see many advantages to having e-readers. First of all, replacing several textbooks with one small e-reader would greatly reduce the weight students are required to carry. The need for lockers would virtually be eliminated. As long as students had their e-reader, they would have the book they needed and would not need to waste time going back to their lockers. Supplemental reading materials and assignments could be downloaded to the e-readers, reducing the number of copies that would have to be made. The amount of space required for book storage would also be greatly reduced.
Personally, if I could have my 3 teacher editions loaded on an e-reader, I would be very excited. Maybe I need to check into that!
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