Newspaper Article Task

https://www.smh.com.au/education/major-distraction-school-dumps-ipads-returns-to-paper-textbooks-20190329-p5191r.html

Article: Major distraction: school dumps iPads, return to paper textbook 

NOTES:
  • Use of paper books rather than ebooks
  • Ebooks are a distraction and not helpful
  • Students felt better with hard copy pages
  • Learning & Understanding is easier and faster with textbook
  • Easy to remember for a long time
  • Paper books helpful to answer questions at a deep level
  • Challenge with the weight of the books 
SUMMARY: 

The news article is about the use of paper books rather than ebooks because ebooks are a distraction and not very helpful. The students felt better while learning with hard copies as it is easy to learn and understand faster with textbooks. It lasted longer in the memory as well. Paper books become even more important while answering questions at a deep level. The article highlights the challenge of the weight of books and a few possible solutions as well.



REFLECTION:
I never have had a chance to read the ebooks during my school or college days and ebooks seemed always fancy to me. This article provided a completely different perspective. Ebooks have a lot more disadvantages than textbooks. I have always preferred to study from the hard copies and would continue to do so after reading this article. I feel that people can arrange for hard copies or a small library at home where children can study in old ways away from technology.


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