With the way that technology keeps advancing...will books be needed much longer?
So, I know that technology is something that is constantly being improved upon, and that it is slowly taking over areas in education today. I think that this improvement is a good thing, but when will technology take over? It seems that every time we turn around there is something new that is being mass produced to make life simpler than what it already is. Hasn't anyone noticed that it seems like the harder we try to make life easier we actually make it harder in some way, shape, or form?
I think that in the classroom that technology is relevant but I also believe that textbooks and other literary or educational resources should be used. Not everything on the web, or on a computer is 100% reliable, and therefore other resources should also be sought to gain information. What's wrong with a little bit of book browsing? Is there still room for books?
Simplicity in the educational realm is something that should be sustained so that our students have the ability to acquire information about the world in various ways that are suitable to their individual learning styles.
