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The lack of keyboard means that it is a terrible tool for students. Without a keyboard you cannot create. (Ok you can draw imprecise pictures and type really s
by RobertKohr 15y ago
The lack of keyboard means that it is a terrible tool for students.
Without a keyboard you cannot create. (Ok you can draw imprecise pictures and type really slowly)
Without creating/doing you are not learning. You are just absorbing data.
Tablet/touch screen users never add new content to the world, they are just an audience.
- aw3c2 15y agoI have written a lot of text (and enjoyed doing so) on my tiny smartphone touchscreen so you are wrong.
- JWGM 15y agoI can agree. On screen keyboards will probably become an equal standard at some point. Besides it will be a lot better than no device at all.
- andrewflnr 15y agoI think you overstate the situation greatly. I have in fact written school assignments on my iPad. I have also written a pretty large body of personal notes on ideas on it. Granted, a seven-inch screen will make it harder. But for creation of content there's always actual paper and pencil. They can keep doing whatever they're already doing in that regard. And if they can't now, there's at least the theoretical ability to attach a keyboard. The way I see it, the first goal is to be a lighter, more flexible textbook. This is exactly content consumption. It will likely do a good job of this. If it does anything else as well, that's a bonus.