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> And even worse yet as her district is focusing on putting AppleTVs in every room while buying curriculum that has no books. I agree that Apple TVs in classro
by dehrmann 4y ago
> And even worse yet as her district is focusing on putting AppleTVs in every room while buying curriculum that has no books.
I agree that Apple TVs in classrooms is a waste of money, but I don't remember text books being particularly useful, either. We covered between 25% and 50% of the contents of the book, and maybe had assigned reading for half of what was covered.
Textbooks are also a bit of a racket, too. The contents and pedagogy generally move very slowly, but legislators and parents like to micromanage contents, and textbook makers are happy to oblige. The number of, say, algebra, books across the US is probably embarrassing, as is the fact that there isn't a movement for public domain textbooks.
Novels are different. With 5 books per year at $4 per book with books lasting a few years, I'm less concerned.
- tfandango 4y agoI too remember hauling around really heavy books and only reading parts of them. My wife seems to use much of her reading curriculum which comes with workbooks they use up throughout the year. This next year they are switching to an electronic curriculum apparently, but she only has 7 iPads for 20 kids. I think she would be happier if she had 20 devices. They could have probably purchased more if they chose Chromebooks over iPads.