{"id":44851,"date":"2025-02-18T23:20:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T23:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essays.homeworkacetutors.com\/2025\/02\/tablets-vs-textbooks\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T23:20:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T23:20:46","slug":"tablets-vs-textbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/tablets-vs-textbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablets vs Textbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Using tablets is more expensive than using print textbooks.- E-textbooks on tablets cost on average 50-60% less than print textbooks. According to a 2016 report from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), K-12 school districts spend more than $10 billion per year on textbooks. However, the same report found that e-textbooks can save schools between $250-$1,000 per student per year. Tablet prices also continue to drop, making them increasingly affordable. Tablets cost on average $489 in 2011, $386 in 2012, $263 in 2015, and $139 in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Handheld technological devices including tablets are associated with a range of health problems.- Print textbooks are heavy and cause injuries, while a tablet only weighs 1-2 pounds. Pediatricians and chiropractors recommend that students carry less than 15% of their body weight in a backpack, but the combined average weight of textbooks in History, Mathematics, Science, and Reading\/Language Arts exceeds this percentage at nearly all grade levels from 1-12. [12] According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, during the 2011-12 school year more than 13,700 kids, aged 5 to 18, were treated for backpack-related injuries.<\/p>\n<p>People who read print text comprehend more, remember more, and learn more than those who read digital text.- Tablets help students learn more material faster. Technology-based instruction can reduce the time students take to reach a learning objective by 30-80%, according to the US Department of Education and studies by the National Training and Simulation Association.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing tablets is environmentally destructive.- Tablets lower the amount of paper teachers have to print for handouts and assignments, helping to save the environment and money. According to Wired, a school with 100 teachers uses on average 250,000 pieces of paper annually. A school of 1,000 students on average spends between $3,000-4,000 a month on paper, ink, and toner, not counting printer wear and tear or technical support costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using tablets is more expensive than using print textbooks.- E-textbooks on tablets cost on average 50-60% less than print textbooks. According to a 2016 report from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), K-12 school districts spend more than $10 billion per year on textbooks. However, the same report found that e-textbooks can save schools between $250-$1,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5964],"tags":[7341,7337,7340,7338,7339],"class_list":["post-44851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-essay","tag-affordable-essay-pro-papers-uk","tag-assist-with-thesis-writing-online","tag-complimentary-essay-example","tag-online-dissertation-help-from-phd-experts","tag-top-u-s-dissertation-writing-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}