Should Ipads Be Allowed In Schools

In a technology-based society, where their phones and the electronic lifestyle consumes people, many wonder why this high-tech era has not fully enveloped the classrooms. Textbooks are one of the few things that have not changed in the classroom. Dating back to the late 1600s, schools used books for all classrooms including science’s, mathematics, English classes, and many other classes, including electives. Textbooks have grown obsolete and only continue to grow this way, which is why iPads should start to compensate for textbooks in classrooms around the globe. iPads should stand in for textbooks because they would be more portable and efficient, they would save paper, and lastly, iPads would make learning more fun. Apple’s iPads would be more efficient and portable. Many have experienced the constant backache of carrying around backpacks to and from class. According to ProCon.org “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

As reported by ProCon.org “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” (2017). The utility of tablets would benefit schools because they would be able to save thousands of dollars monthly on printed worksheets, which would be on students tablets instead, and it would help the environment because fewer trees would be cut down. Besides worksheets, iPads would also save the atmosphere in the long run, because instead of cutting down trees, for textbooks, the textbooks would be downloadable in the electronic notepads. Not only does using iPads save the environment but it makes learning more enjoyable and initiative for children